MATURE FAITH SUBMITS HUMBLY TO GOD March 18, 2019 | James 4:7–10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue The narrative climax in John Milton’s Paradise Lost is the choice made first by Eve and then by Adam to give in to the serpent’s temptation and disobey God. In Milton’s Paradise Regained, the story’s climax is Jesus’ perfect […]
MATURE FAITH DOES NOT PURSUE SELFISH PLEASURES February 17, 2019 | James 4:1–3 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue The first sermon in American history was preached at Plymouth, Mass., on December 9, 1621 by Robert Cushman, a deacon and Puritan leader. His text was 1 Corinthians 10:24, “No one should seek their own good, but the […]
MATURE FAITH AND SELF-CONTROL IN SPEECH February 16, 2019 | James 3:1–6 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue The Yik Yak app, now thankfully defunct, allowed users to post anonymous comments and to agree or disagree with other users’ comments within a five-mile radius. For example, students on a university campus could share opinions about teachers, […]
MATURE FAITH AND GOOD DEEDS: EXAMPLE OF RAHAB February 15, 2019 | James 2:25–26 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue We know Rahab had faith in God because her actions revealed her faith (see Joshua 2; 6:22–25; Heb. 11:31). She hid the two Israelite spies from her own government, then misdirected their pursuers and helped them escape. […]
THE FAILURE OF FEAR March 13, 2019 | 2 Chronicles 16 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Elite professional athletes always face the difficult decision of when to retire. Should they leave at the top of their game? Or should they eke out as many years of playing time as possible? Should they remain loyal to their […]
DAILY DEVOTIONAL. DATE: SUNDAY 10TH MARCH 2019 THEME: VICTORY WITHOUT A FIGHT. MEMORISE: Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Romans 12:19 READ: 2 Chronicles 20:22-27 22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the […]
DAILY DEVOTIONAL. SATURDAY MARCH 9, 2019 TOPIC: IDOLATRY FORBIDDEN TEXT: “Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry” (1Corinthians 10:14). The simplest definition of idolatry is the, “worship of idols.” An idol is a representation of a god which is an object of worship. Some people worship images of human beings, animals, birds, fishes and other […]
DAILY DEVOTIONAL. DATE: FRIDAY 8TH MARCH 2019 THEME: HE IS RISEN. MEMORISE: He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. Matthew 28:6 READ: Matthew 28:1-6 1In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came […]
DAILY DEVOTIONAL THURSDAY MARCH 07, 2019 TOPIC: CONQUERING THE MIGHTY TEXT: Judges 8:4-21 KEY VERSE: “And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.” – (Judges 8:12). The children of Israel, in their usual manner, had sinned against God […]
BUILDING ON THE PAST-2 March 4, 2019 | 2 Chronicles 6:1–21 This Month’s Issue In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll indicates that Alice’s understanding of her world has matured beyond those around her by increasing her physical size, depicting her as uncontainable by her environs. In the last scenes of Alice’s dream, Carroll says, […]