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 […]
April 18, 2021 | Psalm 5 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Before I followed God’s leading into full-time vocational ministry, I wanted to be an architect. I love design and structure. Did you know that our prayer life and our prayers need structure as well? Theologian D. A. Carson writes, “We do not drift into spiritual […]
April 16, 2021 | Psalm 3 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue When sin occurs within a family, it can have a ripple effect that is far-reaching and long-lasting. A child may sin against a parent. A husband against a wife. Wrongs done may be remembered for years, and the residual anger can be destructive. It is […]
December 22, 2020 | Luke 1:26–38 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue When the angels appeared, delivering an important announcement, they were fulfilling a Messianic prophecy: “The Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel,” meaning “God with us” (Isa. 7:14). As the […]