GOD PROTECTS US January 13, 2020 | Psalm 91 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue On her daily Moody Radio program, Janet Parshall addresses cultural issues through a biblical lens. Based in Washington, D.C., Parshall is known for her unflinching look at complex topics. When asked about her favorite Bible verse, Parshall responded, “I will say of […]
SAVED BY GRACE January 12, 2020 | Ephesians 2:1–10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Dr. James Gray was Moody Bible Institute’s third president (1904–1934). One historian noted, “His leadership during the critical and turbulent years following the death of Mr. Moody probably has resulted in him being held the most responsible more than any other man […]
THE MT. EVEREST PASSAGE January 11, 2020 | Isaiah 53 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue For nearly 60 years, Haddon Robinson taught thousands of seminary students how to preach. His textbook on homiletics sold more than 300,000 copies in many languages. Recently, he went to be with the Lord, but his legacy on evangelical homiletics continues. […]
January 10, 2020 | Acts 2:14–39 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue We don’t know exactly what the apostle Peter’s favorite verse would have been, but a continual theme in his ministry, preaching, and writings was Jesus Christ’s resurrection. This message from Peter and the other disciples rang true from the beginning and is the foundation on […]
THE POWER OF PRAYER January 9, 2020 | Matthew 6:5–13 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Not many Christians have heard of Emma Dryer. In the late 1800s, Dryer left her successful career as an educator to join evangelist D. L. Moody in Chicago. For over a decade she helped begin a training school called the Chicago […]
January 8, 2020 | Romans 8:22–30 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Sixty-four years ago today, Nate Saint and four other American missionaries were killed by the Auca tribe (now called Waoranis) in Ecuador while trying to share the gospel. Their story inspired thousands of people to dedicate their lives to missions, particularly to minister to unreached […]
TURN AND LOOK January 6, 2020 | Isaiah 45:22–25 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue On a bitterly cold Sunday morning in 1850, a young man slipped into the back row of a tiny Methodist church. Since the head minister was delayed due to the storm, an uneducated deacon delivered a message. His text? “Look unto Me, […]
January 5, 2020 | Colossians 3:15–17 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Before becoming the fourth president of Moody Bible Institute, William Henry “Will” Houghton pastored several churches in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and New York. Biographer Wilbur Smith said of him, “Two primary passions possessed the soul of Will Houghton: evangelism and the study of the Word of […]
The largest debating and public speaking in the world, World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) just ended. Apreku Agyepong won; which makes him the second Ghanaian to win in this category of the championship since it was started in 1981 after Jeremiah Sekyi, a level 400 pharmacy student all of the University of Ghana. Maureen Kyere, […]
JANUARY 4, 2020 “CULTIVATE THE PRESENCE OF GOD” SCRIPTURE READINGS: Exodus 33:12-17, Joshua 1:1-8 EXPOSITION: God’s presence is a very precious thing. No Christian can afford to lose it. David noticed that there is fullness of joy in the presence of God and pleasures for evermore (Psalm 16:11). Moses also noticed that the presence of […]