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 […]
August 16, 2021 | Hosea 7:3–12 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In the mid-1630s, thousands of Puritans migrated to New England. They built homes, established government, and founded churches. Quite quickly, though, they recognized the need to train the next generation of clergy. So, in September of 1636, classes were first held at New College in […]
August 15, 2021 | Hosea 6:7-7:2 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Unfortunately, sin is not a once-and-done event. James 1:14–16 describes its clear progression: “But each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is […]
August 14, 2021 | Hosea 6:4–6 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Our children are 9 and 12, and one aspect of parenting that currently requires great patience from me is reminding them (again and again and again) to clean their rooms. Too many Saturdays they complain about how long it takes. They know that it wouldn’t […]
LET US RETURN August 13, 2021 | Hosea 5:15-6:3 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue While my mother-in-law loved Jesus and pursued Him passionately, Dad Worrall wanted nothing to do with God—until he contracted terminal cancer at the age of 56. When the doctor delivered the diagnosis, Dad W. took Mum to the hospital chapel and told […]