Today's Reading | July 18, 2025
Genesis 41:37–57
Introduction Genesis 41:37–57: The king puts Joseph in charge, and Joseph is made governor over Egypt, overseeing the collection and storage of grain before the famine occurs. The king gives Joseph symbols of royal authority and gives him an Egyptian name that may mean, “God speaks, he lives.” Joseph marries, and he and his wife have two sons. When the…
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Romans 10:1-21
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionRomans 10:1-21: In today’s reading, the apostle Paul presents his argument that all who believe can be put right with God through faith. According to Paul, faith comes from hearing the message about Christ.Scripture Reading1My friends, how I wish with all my heart that my own people might be saved! How I pray to God for…
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Romans 9:19-33
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionRomans 9:19-33: In today’s reading, the apostle Paul quotes from the prophets Hosea and Isaiah to emphasize how God will invite people from all nations to be called God’s children. The chapter concludes with Paul comparing those who are put right with God through faith with those who were seeking to be put right with God…
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Romans 9:1-18
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionRomans 9:1-18: For the remainder of this month, we will be reading excerpts from the apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans. The main theme of this letter is that all people, both Jews and Gentiles, need to be put right with God, for all alike are under the power of sin. And people are put right…
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John 21:15-25
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionJohn 21:15-25: Jesus speaks to Simon Peter, and three times he calls upon Peter to care for Jesus’s lambs and sheep (verses 15-17). Scholars have interpreted the three questions about Peter’s love for Jesus as a counterbalance to Peter’s earlier three denials of Jesus (John 18:17, 25-27; see the readings from April 12 and 13).Scripture ReadingJesus…
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John 21:1-14
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionJohn 21:1-14: Seven of the disciples fish all night but catch nothing. When Jesus appears on the shoreline of Lake Tiberias and tells them to cast their net again, they catch many fish. Jesus then invites the disciples to share with him a meal that he has prepared.Scripture ReadingJesus Appears to Seven Disciples1After this, Jesus appeared…
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John 20:19-31
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionJohn 20:19-31: Late Sunday evening Jesus appears to the disciples who are locked behind closed doors. Jesus breathes on them, and they receive the Holy Spirit. He appears to them again and Thomas’s faith is tested.Scripture ReadingJesus Appears to His Disciples(Matthew 28.16-20; Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49)19It was late that Sunday evening, and the disciples were gathered…
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