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Malachi INTRODUCTIONMalachi is the last of the three postexilic prophets. He ministered to descendants of those who returned to Judea from the Babylonian Captivity. When Malachi wrote, priests and people had become lax in their worship at the rebuilt temple, which had been completed in 515 B.C. Through a series of sharp rhetorical questions MalachiContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

THE LOST ARK1 Samuel 4–7 “A god has come into the camp” (1 Sam. 4:7). We should never take the symbols of our faith for the reality. Yet to many, symbols are important. Definition of Key TermsThe ark of the covenant. The ark was the holiest object in Israel’s religion. This box-like, gold-covered object containedContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

SISTERS AND BROTHERSRomans 16 “I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea” (Rom. 16:1). Lists of names mean little to us. But each name represents a person who is important to God. OverviewPaul closed with personal greetings to close friends in Rome (16:1–16), with an exhortation (vv. 17–20), andContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

ONE HEART AND MOUTHRomans 15 “May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom. 15:5–6). How good and how pleasant it is whenContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

CHRIST’S LORDSHIPRomans 14 “For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living” (Rom. 14:9). We are to hold our convictions between ourselves and the Lord. BackgroundConvictions. Some things are clearly labeled “sin” in Scripture. We Christians agree with God, and notContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”