July 21, 2022 | Proverbs 10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue As we’ve seen from our study so far, the first nine chapters of Proverbs are Solomon’s advice as a father to his son. These chapters are a cohesive unit that impress upon us the urgency of wisdom’s call. The rest of Proverbs (at least for […]
July 16, 2022 | Proverbs 5:1–23 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue We often say that we love all sorts of things. We love books, songs, shirts, movies, coffee, pizza, dogs, a sports team, or our spouses. It can be confusing when we use the same word to talk about two radically different things. After all, we […]
August 5, 2021 | Hosea 2:6–15 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In the movie Fireproof, firefighter Caleb Holt fights to save his failing marriage by following advice found in The Love Dare. The book challenges spouses to make one concrete overture of love each day for 40 days. Ultimately, Fireproof is a story of hope, and […]
May 31, 2021 | 2 Thessalonians 3:16–18 DEVOTIONS If there was a recording of our conversation for an entire day, what would it reveal? As our words played back, would God be glorified in our language? In their book, Redeeming How We Talk, Ken Wytsma and A. J. Swoboda wrote: “Words are not to give […]
May 20, 2021 | 1 Thessalonians 5:25–28 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Nowadays, we authenticate or verify as genuine a person’s identity through such means as government-issued picture ID cards or notarized signatures. Higher standards of proof can be met by fingerprints, retinal scans, or DNA matching. These techniques were not available in the ancient world, of […]
Taking a closer look at the nest, one thing is clear and that is their mother never returned and was probably killed when she went out to get food. Every day we come across people just like the mother of these dead chicks but we don’t know who they are or what they are doing […]
February 23, 2021 | Romans 13:8–14 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue “Oh, to grace, how great a debtor. / Daily I’m constrained to be!” begins the third stanza of the hymn, “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” As recipients of God’s amazing grace, we are in His debt! What do we owe? We must love God […]
January 4, 2021 | John 13:1–17 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Imagine you have been invited to a meal at a table, but not just any table. You are a guest at the table where Jesus and His friends gathered for the Passover Feast. You anxiously wait for the festivities to begin when you notice Jesus […]
December 11, 2020 | 1 Corinthians 13 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue “Love Divine, all loves excelling,” begins Charles Wesley’s famous hymn. “Joy of heaven to earth come down / Fix in us thy humble dwelling / All thy faithful mercies crown./ Jesus, thou art all compassion / Pure, unbounded love thou art; / Visit us […]
December 10, 2020 | 1 John 3:11–24 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue During a lockdown in Vietnam to combat the COVID-19 virus, some people had difficulty obtaining enough food. In response, a Ho Chi Minh City businessman set up free “rice ATMs” to help. Anyone who needed it could withdraw (at no cost) one day’s worth […]