1 John

John’s reason for penning 1 John was to expose the fallacies of false teachers who taught deceptive, unbiblical views and to reassure each person who became a Christ-follower of his or her eternal hope/salvation in Jesus Christ.

2 Peter

Peter communicates in his letter that he wants the Christ-followers who were living in the region of Asia Minor to make seeking after knowledge a spiritual adventure versus an academic exercise.

1 Peter

1 Peter is a guide for how to steadfastly live as a Christ-follower.

James

James’ commonsense take on the topics that he tackled in his letter/book to dispersed Jew Christ-followers makes his letter/book a useful resource for how to live a Christ-follower life.

Hebrews

Hebrews is a Christological apologetic. The anonymous Hebrews letter’s author penned his thirteen chapter missive before Titus.

Philemon

Philemon received in 60 A.D. an unexpected personal letter from Paul who was under house arrest and confined to a house in the city of Rome.

Titus

Titus is an instructional letter on sanctification’s functional role. Paul sent his Titus Letter to an early disciple, a faithful friend and a conscientious helper whose name was Titus.

2 Timothy

2 Timothy is the second recorded personal letter that Paul sent to Timothy and Paul’s last canonized letter. It was around 67 A.D.

1 Timothy

1 Timothy was penned and taken to the city of Ephesus – to where Timothy was, sometime between 63 A.D. and 65 A.D. Paul was on his fourth missionary journey when he penned the six chapters that make up 1 Timothy.

2 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians is the second letter that was sent in 51 A.D. to the emergent Christ-follower fellowship that was in the city of Thessalonica.

Short Stories and Devotional Letters to Grandchildren on Every Book and Chapter of the Bible

Recent Devotionals

Proverbs 19

“Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.”
~ Proverbs 19:18

Nehemiah 3

“Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the angle to the entrance of the house of Eliashib the high priest.”
~ Nehemiah 3:20

Ecclesiastes 8

“When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong”
~ Ecclesiastes 8:11

John 4

“Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.”
~ John 4:35

Nehemiah 11

“The people commended all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.”
~ Nehemiah 11:2

Romans 1

“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first the Jew, then for the Gentile.”
~ Romans 1:16

Job 40

“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”
~ Job 40:2

Numbers 35

“They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that a person accused of murder may not die before he stands trial before the assembly.”
~ Numbers 35:12

Revelation 2

“I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.”
~ Revelation 2:19

Colossians 2

“rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”
~ Colossians 2:7

Mark 9

“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”
~ Mark 9:37

Hebrews 1

“Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?”
~ Hebrews 1:14

2 Kings 17

“They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their fathers and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the LORD had ordered them, “‘Do not do as they do,”’ and they did the things the LORD had forbidden them to do.”
~ 2 Kings 17:15