Stale Cookies and Sour Milk
(this post is taken from an Advent Devotional I collaborated with some friends to write. Download it for free here) My son used to love the movie "UP." I think I have watched Up more [...]
Trusting God’s Provision – the Best Way to Live
by Sherry Sommer No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve [...]
The Heart of the Potter
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: "Go down to the potter's house, and there I will give you my message." So I went down to the potter's house, and I [...]
The Human Conundrum
by Bruce Hanson Fifty years ago I read a book by William Schnell titled Thirty Years a Watchtower Slave, the story of a man who had spent his life in the Jehovah’s Witnesses before [...]
The Banquet | Proverbs 8:32-36
“And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. 34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at [...]
Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation | Ephesians 1:17-22
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the [...]
New Song – Boldly I Approach (The Art of Celebration)
Great perspective on what the line "Art of Celebration" means.If you spend time in Christian circles you may know that the word Gospel is trending right now. If you don't hang in those circles let [...]
Few Lovers of the Cross
As I was studying for the message I am going to give this coming Sunday (Surrender is the New Freedom), I ran across this quote from Thomas A Kempis' work The Imitation of Christ. It's [...]
Punishment or Pruning John 15
I taught myself a lesson today. I was getting ready for work, and I noticed that my daughter had not turned the lights off downstairs. This crime against our lighting bill happens all the time. [...]
Comfort for Those Who Mourn
From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." Matthew 4:17 NIV Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. [...]
Danger of Apathy | Revelation 2:20-23
20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed [...]
Sadness, Grief, and Depression
How is that for a title? After seeing that title, I commend you if you are still reading this devotional. The emotions listed are charged for many people. For some, these emotions are familiar [...]
