April 28, 2022 | Jeremiah 49:1–6 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In one Avengers movie, the Hulk (a good guy) battles Loki (a bad guy). Loki shouts, “Enough!…I am a god, you dull creature,” but the Hulk slams him to the ground anyway. As he walks away, the Hulk smiles and mutters, “Puny god.” You trust […]
April 27, 2022 | Jeremiah 48:1–9 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue If you visit the British Museum in London, you can see an archaeological artifact significant to today’s reading. The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, was discovered in 1868. The stone dates from about 840 B.C. and celebrates King Mesha of Moab’s victories […]
April 26, 2022 | Jeremiah 46:13–24 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue The days leading up to deployment are busy and stressful. Soldiers, families, and their leaders finalize plans and gather needed equipment. Every detail must be cared for so they can successfully engage in the battle ahead. The day of disaster is coming upon them. JEREMIAH […]
April 25, 2022 | Jeremiah 44:7–23 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Are you wise or foolish? The book of Proverbs has a lot to say about foolish and sinful choices: “The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty” (Prov. 22:3). And these actions have consequences: “The waywardness of […]
April 24, 2022 | Jeremiah 43:1–7 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Basketball player Kyrie Irving made a stir before the 2017 NBA All-Star Game by revealing that he believed in a flat earth. Flat-earthers, as they are called, are convinced that the earth is flat instead of round. Kyrie, along with a number of others, see […]
April 23, 2022 | Jeremiah 40:1–6 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue The fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. was a tragic turning point in Israel’s history. It was also the climax of Jeremiah’s prophetic ministry. God’s judgment had come to pass. He’d obeyed God and spoken truth, but the fulfillment of his messages grieved him deeply. […]
April 22, 2022 | Jeremiah 39:1–14 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue 536 A.D. might have been the worst year in world history. A volcanic eruption in Iceland spread ash across the northern hemisphere, leading to a dark fog that covered Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia for eighteen months. Temperatures fell so much that […]
April 21, 2022 | Jeremiah 37:11–21 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue “I am not a theologian or a scholar,” Elisabeth Elliot once said, “but I am very aware of the fact that pain is necessary to all of us. In my own life, I think I can honestly say that out of the deepest pain has […]
April 19, 2022 | Jeremiah 34:8–17 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue African Americans who want to learn more about their ancestry have, as of 2016, a new database they can consult. The Freedman’s Bureau Project digitized post-Civil War historical records in order to create a searchable database of nearly 1.8 million emancipated slaves. But now you […]