February 2, 2022 | Philippians 1:7-8 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Minutes after my wife Jane and I pulled into the driveway of the church parsonage in our rental van loaded with all our worldly possessions, church members appeared to help unload it. I remember seeing their faces for the first time. They were all strangers […]
November 2, 2020 | Acts 2:1–47 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue When I was a boy, I would eagerly count off the days until my birthday. This wasn’t because I was in a hurry to be one year older; it was because I wanted presents. It is customary for people to receive gifts on their birthday, […]
David Adedeji Adeleke, better know on stage as Davido expressed his versatility in music. He did this as he joined the praise team in church on drums. Watch video below👇🏾 Source Mentiasie.com
September 21, 2020 | 1 Samuel 21:1–22:20 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In his first inaugural address, delivered at the height of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously declared, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” Fear is a powerful […]
A LIFE-CHANGING LESSON August 4, 2020 | John 3 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue I remember one thing from the third grade: my teacher, Mrs. Howard, liked me. Although long-division was very difficult, I was willing to tackle it because I wanted nothing more than to please Mrs. Howard. One day, I showed up to third […]
Friday, June 26, 2020 This month’s issue Are you having trouble sleeping? A “sound” pillow advertises itself as the solution. It looks like a regular pillow but includes two speakers inside. The pillow is comfortable (you don’t feel the speakers) and you can listen to music as you drift off to sleep. Elijah could […]
June 20, 2020 | Psalm 51:1–17 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Do you ever feel torn between repentance and praise? Pondering this issue, Bible scholar Michael E. Travers explained: “It is this tension between guilty sinner and righteous God that creates the paradox of praise in the penitential psalms. When God forgives the sinner for his […]
AS GOOD AS HIS WORD April 29, 2020 | Matthew 28:1–15 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the linchpin of the Christian faith. “If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of […]
SURPRISED BY HIS POWER April 6, 2020 | Matthew 8:23–34 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue What makes you fearful? Spiders? Lightning storms? The dark? Fear can stop us in our tracks and make our heart beat faster. But not all fear is bad. The Bible describes a different type of fear, one that implies an attitude […]
AMAZED BY HIS TEACHING April 5, 2020 | Matthew 7:24–29 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue A popular website allows students to rate their college professors. The evaluations rate the professor by overall quality and level of difficulty. Students can also include comments about their experience. How would Jesus have scored on such a site? According to […]