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Daily reflections

Our daily reflections follow the M'Cheyne Bible reading plan, designed for those who want to read the whole Bible in one year. Each reflection focuses on one of the chapters from that day's readings. 

Grave or temple: 1 Corinthians 6.12–20 (Day 244)

Four centuries before Paul, the Greek philosopher Plato had likened the body to a grave. There’s a world beyond, greater than ours; alas, our bodies are chaining us to this one.

Priorities: 1 Corinthians 7 (Day 245)

Throughout Chapter 7, Paul keeps returning to the topic of marital relations; it helps to read it as a whole to follow his line of argument. The situational backdrop is key: Paul is expecting Christ to return very soon and...

Who is right?: 1 Corinthians 8 (Day 246)

In the Greco-Roman world, no one batted an eyelid if you added a deity that was special to you, so long as you continued to worship the whole pantheon of gods. What set believers in Christ on a collision course was their insistence...

It’s my right!: 1 Corinthians 9.1–12 (Day 247)

Having urged the most confident in the Corinthian church to rethink their right to exercise their freedom in Christ for the sake of someone else’s weaker conscience, Paul now speaks personally about refraining from certain...

Immune forever?: 1 Corinthians 10.18–23 (Day 248)

As the world grapples with the coronavirus, we’re finding that even a vaccine may not guarantee indefinite immunity. Leading up to today’s passage, the apostle Paul points to the Exodus generation: even the spiritual boost...

Jesus and Paul: 1 Corinthians 11.23–26 (Day 249)

Biblical scholars commonly assume that Paul’s letters are older than the Gospels. This would make 1 Corinthians 11.23–26 our earliest reference to the Lord’s Supper.

Body language: 1 Corinthians 12.12–20 (Day 250)

Paul continues his instructions for church practice. As on previous occasions, such as the eating of sacrificial meat or the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, he tells his readers to be considerate of each other; here he...

A new heart and a new mind: Ezekiel 11 (Day 251)

Ezekiel is taken by the Spirit to the east gate of the temple, where the 'glory of the Lord' had stopped before totally abandoning the sanctuary. This idea of the 'glory of the Lord' is a recurring Old Testament motif –'Shekinah...

‘What I have said will be done’: Ezekiel 12 (Day 252)

Chapters 12–19 are a series of prophecies about the fate of Jerusalem, which include the flight of the prince from Jerusalem and the continued misery of those in the city. First, there is another prophetic action. God ordered...
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