IMON, JUL 27, 2026
Galatians 5: The Part of Paul's List I Never Counted
I skimmed Paul's list of the works of the flesh for years. Counting it this week showed me where most of it actually lives.
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Galatians 4 and the Lunch Question About Adoption
A coworker asked what Paul is adopting anyone into if we're already God's children. Galatians 4 took me most of a morning to answer.
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IIISAT, JUL 25, 2026
Leviticus 3: The Peace Offering and the Part Nobody Ate
Leviticus 3 is about a shared meal and describes almost none of it. What the chapter leaves out, and where the meal actually turns up.
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IVFRI, JUL 24, 2026
D&C 92: Why the Order Hears It Before Frederick Does
D&C 92 is two verses and most of it is spoken to everyone except the man it's about. I read it this morning and kept stopping on that.
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VTHU, JUL 23, 2026
Mosiah 26: Alma Didn't Know, So He Asked
The rising generation in Mosiah 26 weren't rebels so much as kids nobody had explained it to. Then Alma hits a case with no precedent and goes to ask.
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VIWED, JUL 22, 2026
Galatians 3: The Schoolmaster Wasn't the Teacher
The word Paul uses in Galatians 3:24 for what the law did meant something narrower than I'd pictured for years, and the chapter reads differently with it.
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VIITUE, JUL 21, 2026
Galatians 2: Paul, Peter and Who Sat Where at Antioch
Paul got the right hand of fellowship in Jerusalem, then withstood Peter to the face in Antioch. This morning I kept stopping at verse 12.
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VIIIMON, JUL 20, 2026
Leviticus 2: The Handful and the Rest of the Flour
Ben got into the flour on Sunday, and it sent me back to Leviticus 2 and a priest's handful. Who gets the rest of the offering surprised me.
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IXSUN, JUL 19, 2026
D&C 91 and Dona Nair's Bible With the Extra Books
D&C 91 is six verses on the Apocrypha, and it says more about how to read than about what to read. Here's what I got wrong about it for years.
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XSAT, JUL 18, 2026
Mosiah 25: The Children of Amulon and the Seven Churches
Mosiah 25 gives one verse to a name some people refused and another to a name anyone could take, and I've been rereading it since Lily's baptism.
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