January 20, 2022 | Luke 22:24-32 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue When we think of Jesus’ earthly ministry, we tend to think of headline moments such as miracles and confrontations with the Pharisees. But mostly He invested in a close circle of followers, especially the twelve disciples. As A. B. Bruce wrote in The Training […]
January 19, 2022 | Galatians 2:11-21 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue What can we learn from our disagreements? In today’s passage, we’re given a front row seat to a conflict between Peter and Paul. But while their disagreement was great, so was the learning that resulted! Earlier, Paul had taught Peter and other leaders about God’s […]
January 18, 2022 | Ezekiel 33: 27-33 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Christians often define success in terms of numbers: the number of people converted, churches planted, church members in attendance, money raised, etc. Would you answer a ministry posting like this one? “Wanted: Person to speak for the Lord. All content provided. Failure guaranteed—no one […]
January 17, 2022 | John 3:1-15 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue “Born again” may be a familiar phrase to us (v. 3), but in its original context it was breathtaking, even shocking. How could a grown man be born a second time? After all, a newborn baby is completely needy and helpless—the exact opposite of a […]
January 16, 2022 | 2 Samuel 12:1-14. DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue The first job listed on David’s resume was as a shepherd guarding the family sheep (1 Sam. 17:34–35). He knew that it took a great deal of time, effort, and watchful care to raise a flock. In Psalm 23, David describes us as sheep […]
January 15, 2022 |Genesis 4:1-16 DEVOTIONS This Month’s issue It may not surprise you that Americans are rapidly exiting the Christian faith. For every individual who becomes a believer, four leave the church. One source claims that over the next 30 years, one million people per year will choose not to be affiliated with any […]
January 14, 2022 | Ezra 17:1-10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s issue One of the most moving scenes in the Old Testament is when Ezra the priest reads the Law to the returned exiles (Nehemiah 8). He stood on a high wooden platform so all could see and hear. The Levites circulated, instructing the people about the […]
January 13, 2022 |Deuteronomy 17:14-20 DEVOTIONS This Month’s issue The earliest printed collection of William Shakespeare’s plays appeared in 1623. Now called a First Folio, there are only 235 copies still in existence, and only 56 are complete or intact. In 2020, an intact copy was sold for a record-breaking price of nearly $10 million—it […]
January 12, 2022 | Deuteronomy 31:9-13 DEVOTIONS This Month’s issue The phrase Sola Scriptura means “Scripture alone.” This was one of the foundational principles of the Protestant Reformation. The Reformers believed that church tradition had been wrongly elevated to an equal position with God’s Word. Instead, the Bible should be given authority over the church. […]
January 11, 2022 | Proverbs 4:1-9 DEVOTIONS This Month’s issue Two immigrants to Australia found the world’s largest gold nugget! One day in 1869, one of them was digging around the roots of a tree when he discovered a gold “nugget” weighing an estimated 158 pounds. Called the “Welcome Stranger,” it was worth about $3 […]