July 3, 2020 | Joshua 1:1–9 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Imagine you heard on the evening news that a band of nomads was attempting to take over a fortified city. Nobody would think they stood a chance, especially if their experienced leader had just died. As Joshua led the Israelites into the Promised Land, it […]
July 2, 2020 | Numbers 14:1–9 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue We first meet Joshua as a young spy. Moses sent Joshua and 11 other leaders, each one from his ancestral tribe, to explore the land of Canaan. But their report back left everyone in dismay. Powerful warriors occupied the land, and fear swept from tent […]
July 1, 2020 | Deuteronomy 34:1–12 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue If you were asked to name a famous basketball player, Michael Jordan might immediately come to mind. Jordan helped the Chicago Bulls claim 6 championships in 8 years and become one of the greatest basketball dynasties of all time. In 1998, Jordan decided it was […]
June 30, 2020 | Genesis 50:1–21 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Do we truly believe that God never fails? Our view of success and failure ultimately depends on what we believe about God and His sovereignty. If God is sovereign, we can trust the good and bad moments of our lives to Him. Joseph modeled this […]
June 29, 2020 | 1 Corinthians 13 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In his famous sonnet, William Shakespeare praised the steadfast nature of love: The greatest of these is love. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:13 “Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no! it is an ever-fixed […]
June 28, 2020 | 1 Corinthians 1:18–31 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Educator Michael Bycraft argues that failure can be a valuable experience for children. He explains: “If we have always taught our kids that every test must be an A+, then how do we support them when it isn’t?” He argues there’s a better approach: […]
June 27, 2020 | John 20:19–31 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Four million people, mostly in southwestern India, call themselves “Thomas Christians.” They trace their roots back to the apostle Thomas—the same “doubting Thomas” in today’s reading. Tradition says Thomas went as a missionary to India in 52 A.D. and was martyred in 72 A.D. The […]
Friday, June 26, 2020 This month’s issue Are you having trouble sleeping? A “sound” pillow advertises itself as the solution. It looks like a regular pillow but includes two speakers inside. The pillow is comfortable (you don’t feel the speakers) and you can listen to music as you drift off to sleep. Elijah could […]
JOY WHEN WE FAIL June 25, 2020 | Psalm 73 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue On his album American Prodigal, Christian musician David Crowder sings: As for me, it is good to be near God. PSALM 73:28 “Troubles of this world, will wither up and die That river of tears made by the lonely, someday will […]
June 24, 2020 | Habakkuk 3:16–19 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue “I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake, I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running […]