February 17, 2021 | Romans 10:1–21 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue When I began attending church in the 1970s, most people wore “Sunday clothes” to the worship service. Men wore suit jackets and neckties, and women wore dresses. Today most people dress much more casually for church. Changes like this can be hard for some to […]
February 13, 2021 | Romans 7:15–25 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Many who struggle with addictions have found help by joining a twelve-step program. Developed by Alcoholics Anonymous, the twelve steps begin by having participants admit that they are powerless over their addiction and that their lives have become unmanageable. The key to healing lies in […]
February 5, 2021 | Romans 3:1–20 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue When I was in graduate school, one professor told us that he designed his tests so that nobody could get a 100 percent. Then, he told us not to worry because he graded on a curve. Some believe that God’s law works the same way. […]
GOD’S LAW ON THE DOORFRAMES March 19, 2020 | Deuteronomy 6:1–12 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue As an enslaved 13-year-old, future abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass trusted in Christ for salvation. One biographer observed: “Frederick always hungered for knowledge, but after his conversion he had an insatiable desire to read and understand the Bible.” At that time, […]