Good Good Friday, everyone! Today we join in celebration with the Old Testament Saints, the New Testament Founders, the early Church Fathers, and every single born-again believer from the past, present, and future that the Lord has called to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A proper and biblical understanding of the Trinity is imperative to maintaining a consistent spiritual walk. It is also imperative when attempting to guide someone in the discipleship process. To understand the roles of God the Father, God the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. And not only...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Yesterday, we saw that Christians have the ability, right, privilege, and responsibility to work in such a way that are not focused on navel gazing to the here and now but to build and be rewarded later and glorify God with the work we can...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Why do people invest money they currently have into things like stocks, mutual funds, and bonds that they won't touch for a long time? It's because the reward of the return on their investment will gain them more than what they would have had.
This past week we've looked at what a healthy spiritual life looks like and that it is anchored by the Holy Spirit and how when we find leaky parts we are to patch them right away. But our question for this week is a heartfelt one. How is it...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
For those of us who may live in Michigan and the rest of the mid-west of the US, barbecuing can be a special event seeing as we can only do it half a year due to weather. You may invite the whole neighborhood or family and friends or may celebrate...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
If you've been reading these devotions for a period of time, you've heard this part before. Christianity lives in the "buts" and "howevers" and the "therefores". For example, 1 John 2:1, "My little children, I am writing these things to you so...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When you see pictures of old ruins, especially from Greek and Roman areas, some of the last remaining structures are pillars. These were key pieces of giant structures that seem almost out of place for their time. Pillars supported important...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
An interesting thing about the online culture we reside in is that we can go online to blogs, websites, review sites, video sites and get advice on how to do things. Need to know what that sound is coming from your car? Here's a podcast about it....[ abbreviated | read entire ]