January 4, 2022 | Isaiah 44:24-28 DEVOTION This Month’s Issue Elisha and his servant woke up one morning to find their city surrounded by an impressive enemy army (2 Kings 6:15–17). “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” cried the servant. “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more […]
January 3, 2022 | Ecclesiastes 12:9-14 DEVOTIONS This month’s Issue “Ecclesiastes is realistic,” wrote seminary professor Thomas Schreiner. “It teaches us that life under the sun is often empty, futile, and absurd, and yet it does not run us into the rocks of despair…When we understand that this world isn’t paradise on earth, we are […]
This month’s Issue When I took my last formal math class in high school, I sighed with relief. Little did I imagine that my wife and I would later be trying to help our own children with their math classes! Part of the problem is that they perceive math as meaningless to their future goals […]
January 1, 2022 | Proverbs 22:3–4 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue As a teacher, I have known many students who disliked school but who loved learning. Perhaps you can relate. “School” tends to be about grades, exams, due dates, hallway passes, and standing in line. “Learning,” on the other hand, is about exploring God’s world, putting […]
August 20, 2021 | Hosea 9:10–17 DEVOTIONS Read Passage This Month’s Issue Children have a refreshing honesty when they pray. A few years ago, Kicks105.com posted the “Top Ten List of Funniest Prayers by Kids.” Here are a few of my favorites: 1) Dear God, Please make my parents understand that if I don’t eat […]
August 19, 2021 | Hosea 9:1–9 DEVOTIONS Read Passage This Month’s Issue I recently heard a story about a basketball coach who shared his faith in Christ with a couple of his players after practice when they expressed interest. He told them about the consequences of sin, Jesus’ death on the cross, heaven and hell, […]
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August 18, 2021 | Hosea 8:1–14 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Have you ever watched vultures devour a carcass? That violent image would give you a strong, if unpleasant, visual of what Hosea is communicating in today’s passage. Vultures eat mostly dead animals and rarely attack something alive, though they may descend on a creature who […]
August 17, 2021 | Hosea 7:13–16 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue I grew up hearing “sin” defined as “missing the mark.” God’s will and law were the target for our behavior, a target not one of us will hit perfectly this side of heaven. That concrete image of an arrow falling short or landing off-center was […]