Monday 10th August 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 94:1-11 1 Corinthians 6 2 Chronicles 1:1-17 1 CORINTHIANS 6 Before resuming his teaching on sexual sins, Paul continues where yesterday’s chapter ended: ‘You are judging the wrong people in the wrong places’, he basically says! The Corinthian believers were both judging the ungodly and also taking one another to court to…
Sunday 9th August 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 93:1-5 1 Corinthians 5 1 Chronicles 28, 1 Chronicles 29 1 CORINTHIANS 5 “Hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord” (1 Corinthians 5:5). ‘Sex’ is the main topic in today’s reading. There are sexual unions that God blesses and…
Saturday 8th August 2026
Audio readings: Proverbs 19:13-22 1 Corinthians 4 1 Chronicles 26:20-32, 1 Chronicles 27 1 CORINTHIANS 4 “For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings. We are…
Friday 7th August 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 92:1-15 1 Corinthians 3 1 Chronicles 24, 1 Chronicles 25, 1 Chronicles 26:1-19 1 CORINTHIANS 3 Tribalism is the curse of the church! “I follow Paul”; “I follow Apollos” – what a ridiculous line to take! They are both the servants of Christ and are just doing a job for him. The real…
Thursday 6th August 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 91:9-16 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 1 Chronicles 22, 1 Chronicles 23 1 CORINTHIANS 2 “When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified… My message and my preaching were…
Wednesday 5th August 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 91:1-8 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 1 Chronicles 19, 1 Chronicles 20, 1 Chronicles 21 1 CHRONICLES 19, 20, 21 and 22 What started as a kindness ended in a full-scale war. Such is the power of misunderstanding! David simply wanted to express his sympathy to the new king of the Ammonites, over the death of the previous…
Tuesday 4th August 2026
Audio readings: Proverbs 19:3-12 1 Corinthians 1:1-17 1 Chronicles 16:37-43, 1 Chronicles 17, 1 Chronicles 18 1 CORINTHIANS 1 Corinth in AD 55 was a thriving city, the main commercial centre of Greece and a port with two separate harbours, on opposite oceans. Rather than sail all around Southern Greece, smaller ships would be hauled full loaded across a stone road…
Monday 3rd August 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 90:11-17 Romans 16 1 Chronicles 15, 1 Chronicles 16:1-36 ROMANS 16At the end of this letter, in chapter 16, there is a long roll of honour: believers whom Paul wishes to commend for their service in the gospel – including Priscilla and Aquila who had done so much to bless the churches Paul had established. It seems…
Sunday 2nd August 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 90:1-10 Romans 15:14-33 1 Chronicles 12:23-40, 1 Chronicles 13, 1 Chronicles 14 1 CHRONICLES 13,14,15 and 16 Two main events occur in today’s readings: The battles against the Philistines and the bringing of the Ark into Jerusalem. The Books of Samuel and Chronicles deal with them in a different order, because of the different emphases of…
Saturday 1st August 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 89:46-52 Romans 14:19-23, Romans 15:1-13 1 Chronicles 11, 1 Chronicles 12:1-22 ROMANS 15 “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God” (15:7). We were accepted by Christ ‘just as we were’ – i.e. warts and all! We therefore have no right to reject other believers at all – assuming that…
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