Daily Bible Reading

God’s Renewing Word of Hope Introduction Romans 11:1-24: Chapter 11 is a summation of what the apostle Paul has been saying in chapters 9 and 10 about bringing all people—Jews and Gentiles—within the reach of God’s grace in Jesus Christ. Using the image of an olive tree and grafting, Paul argues that Gentiles are like […]

God’s Renewing Word of Hope Introduction Romans 10:1-21: In today’s reading, the apostle Paul presents his argument that all who believe can be put right with God through faith. According to Paul, faith comes from hearing the message about Christ. Scripture Reading 1My friends, how I wish with all my heart that my own people […]

God’s Renewing Word of Hope Introduction Romans 9:19-33: In today’s reading, the apostle Paul quotes from the prophets Hosea and Isaiah to emphasize how God will invite people from all nations to be called God’s children. The chapter concludes with Paul comparing those who are put right with God through faith with those who were […]

God’s Renewing Word of Hope Introduction Romans 9:1-18: For the remainder of this month, we will be reading excerpts from the apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans. The main theme of this letter is that all people, both Jews and Gentiles, need to be put right with God, for all alike are under the power […]

God’s Renewing Word of Hope Introduction John 21:15-25: Jesus speaks to Simon Peter, and three times he calls upon Peter to care for Jesus’s lambs and sheep (verses 15-17). Scholars have interpreted the three questions about Peter’s love for Jesus as a counterbalance to Peter’s earlier three denials of Jesus (John 18:17, 25-27; see the […]

God’s Renewing Word of Hope Introduction John 21:1-14: Seven of the disciples fish all night but catch nothing. When Jesus appears on the shoreline of Lake Tiberias and tells them to cast their net again, they catch many fish. Jesus then invites the disciples to share with him a meal that he has prepared. Scripture […]

God’s Renewing Word of Hope Introduction John 20:19-31: Late Sunday evening Jesus appears to the disciples who are locked behind closed doors. Jesus breathes on them, and they receive the Holy Spirit. He appears to them again and Thomas’s faith is tested. Scripture Reading Jesus Appears to His Disciples (Matthew 28.16-20; Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49) […]

God’s Renewing Word of Hope Introduction John 20:1-18: When Mary Magdalene goes to Jesus’s tomb, she sees that the stone has been rolled away. She runs to tell the disciples, believing that someone took Jesus’s body from the tomb. Then Jesus appears to Mary, telling her that he is going to return to God. Mary […]

God’s Renewing Word of Hope Introduction John 19:31-42: Joseph from Arimathea asks for and retrieves the body of Jesus. He and Nicodemus wrap Jesus’s body in linen cloths with spices and place it in a newly hewn tomb. Scripture Reading Jesus’ Side Is Pierced 31Then the Jewish authorities asked Pilate to allow them to break […]

God’s Renewing Word of Hope Introduction John 19:16b-30: Jesus carries his cross to “The Place of the Skull” (called “Golgotha” in Hebrew) where he is crucified. Pilate has an inscription placed on the cross, and soldiers gamble for Jesus’s clothing. At the cross, Jesus speaks to his mother and to a beloved disciple. Jesus’s final […]