What matters most
Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” —…
Work of Eternal Significance
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. — 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NKJV) A day at the practice range can be the…
This is Why He Came
While [Jesus] was on the way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee. — Luke 17:11 (NASB) If you study the New Testament, I hope you’ll begin to note that time and again it says something like, “While…
Judging Others Hastily
Today’s devotional is excerpted from A Jane Austen Devotional, beginning with this selection from Pride and Prejudice: Mr. Bingley was good looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance and easy, unaffected manners. His brother-in-law, Mr. Hurst, merely looked the gentleman;…
Winter into Spring
Today’s devotional reading is excerpted from A Charles Dickens Devotional, beginning with this selection from The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby: It was, by this time, within an hour of noon, and although a dense vapour still enveloped the city…
Today I Will Listen For Your Voice
I love to read good Christian books. I enjoy attending events where I have the opportunity to hear speakers talk about their experiences with God or teach on a particular passage. But it’s not enough to know what someone else…
Catch of the Day: Wisdom
Are there those among you who are truly wise and understanding? Then they should show it by living right and doing good things with a gentleness that comes from wisdom. — James 3:13 (NCV) As bass get bigger and older,…
The Shame Monster
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus —Romans 8:1 (NIV) The reason it is so hard for us to admit to the secrets hidden in our hearts is that we’re ashamed of them. We…
Faith is Both a Noun and a Verb
When parents are fleshing out their faith and living out their days with joy and honesty, their children will be attracted to it. Children want something that is real; they want to follow someone who is genuine. Your example—in…
