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 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 15, 2022 | Jeremiah 26:1–16 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Most people place a high value on success. We judge ourselves and others by the things we have achieved, the house we live in, or the clothes we wear. If we’ve done well, we feel our lives should reflect our success. But the fact is […]
April 14, 2022 | Jeremiah 23:1–8 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In 2013, Pakistan set a world record by planting 847,275 trees in a single day. In 2016, India broke that record by planting an astounding 49.3 million trees in one day. In 2019, Ethiopia shattered the record by planting 350 million trees across the […]
April 13, 2022 | Jeremiah 21:1–10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In the early church, believers shared whatever they had to meet one another’s needs. Barnabas sold some property and gave the money to the apostles to distribute. Noticing the praise he received, Ananias and his wife Sapphira decided to do the same…almost. They gave part […]
April 11, 2022 | Jeremiah 18:1–10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue My youngest child and I recently went on a “daddy-daughter date” to a pottery shop. As we chatted, she painted a round trinket box in a rainbow of bright colors. Two weeks later, we picked up the finished piece, which had been glazed and fired […]
April 9, 2022 | Jeremiah 14:1–10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Jeremiah was called “the weeping prophet.” He was not just sad in an emotional sense. His tears expressed deep grief for sin and its consequences. At the same time Jeremiah’s grief was rooted in faith that God would ultimately make everything right. In that same […]
April 8, 2022 | Jeremiah 13:1–11 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue I have a vivid childhood memory of attending Good News Club. The teacher held up a candy bar and offered it to whomever would receive it. I sprinted to the front and grabbed my gift! Then she told us salvation was like that candy bar—a […]
February 20, 2022 | Philippians 3:20-21 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Those who become naturalized citizens in the United States are not required to give up their citizenship in their country of origin. They enjoy the privilege and corresponding responsibilities of dual citizenship. Our citizenship is in heaven. PHILIPPIANS 3:20 Christians also possess a kind of […]