Author: (Venus Wan)

Monday Genesis 3:1-19; Habakkuk 1:2-4 Evil, Pain and Suffering: Why? The skeptic reasons, “If God is loving, all-powerful and all-knowing, how can He permit evil and its consequences? Since evil exists, God either is not as described or nonexistent.” Lee Strobel, in The Case for Christ, describes a cartoon featuring two turtles in conversation. Turtle...

MONDAY Psalm 14:1-3; Psalm 19:1-4; John 1:1-5 Creator or Randomness: Is there a God? Over these next two weeks, we’ll consider the “big questions” that most have pondered periodically. We start with the biggest question, the one on which all else hinges: Is there a God? The two broad, opposing camps here are theists—those believing...

MONDAY Acts 28:11-31 AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT The Book of Acts is so full of a reporter’s details, told so matter-of-factly that one can only conclude that all the events described—both ordinary and miraculous—actually happened! Being a physician (Colossians 4:14), the author Luke was used to dealing with the plain facts. Indeed, the earlier parts of...

MONDAY Daniel 6:1-24 The Book of Daniel is a prime example of leadership under pressure. It is difficult to pick out just one chapter to support this; Daniel 6 is just one example. Read the whole book!  Charles Spurgeon puts it this way: “… these are times when we need to be as firm and resolute...

MONDAY Acts 25:1-5, 9; Matthew 13:3-9, 18-23 As Acts 25 opens, Felix, the corrupt governor who has imprisoned Paul to please the Jews, is recalled (fired) by Nero. Festus succeeds Felix, inheriting the corrupt administration, as well as the unresolved problem posed by Paul. It will now become the responsibility of the new governor to...

MONDAY Acts 23:1-10; 2 Timothy 2:24-26 Paul was a Jew with a deep love of Jewish institutions and of all things Jewish. He loved his people so much that he once offered to suffer the divine wrath they deserved (Romans 9:3). Paul came to Jerusalem because of his love for Jesus and desire that his...

MONDAY Acts 21:1-16; Romans 9:1-5; Mark 14:35-36 Paul’s return to Jerusalem per Acts 21-22 represents a seismic shift in his ministry—he transitions from mobile, at-large church planter and mentor to a Roman prisoner who’ll spend many of his remaining days under arrest. In resisting repeated warnings about the perils he’d face in Jerusalem (Acts 21:4,...

MONDAY 1 Peter 5:5-7 This week we will read a passage in Acts where Paul says goodbye to the Ephesian elders. In this eloquent “goodbye” passage, Paul will remind them of who he was, what he taught, how he taught, and the importance of standing strong. With that in mind, I would like to start...