Devotion / Friends—never canceled, never deleted
In our culture, friends may cancel and delete us, but grace guarantees Jesus is our forever friend.
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DEVOTION/ Forgiving others
Revenge seems the appropriate way to deal with people who sin against us. God’s grace offers another solution: forgive as God has forgiven you.
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Devotion / Celebrate freedom — in Christ
We celebrate our political freedoms as Americans. How much more freedom we have to celebrate as the forgiven, infinitely loved children of God. And better than celebrating our spiritual freedom is sharing our freedom with others.
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Devotion / The bill is in the mail
Jesus offers us the only way to get out of debt with God.
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Devotion / A winning heart
Jesus’ triumphant cry from the cross, “It is finished,” signaled that he had completed his mission. All sins of all people for all time had been forgiven.
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DEVOTION / The LORD loved Babel. He loves you.
The LORD’s response to the building of the Tower of Babel seems like punishment. But was it? And is he punishing us when he corrects us for our failure to love and obey him?
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DEVOTION / Ashes is not a joke
Ash Wednesday’s imposition of ashes is a potent remind of human mortality. The ash cross is a potent reminder of the forgiveness and adoption Jesus won for us on Good Friday.
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DEVOTION / He will be our peace
Christmas promises we have peace, real peace, everlasting peace.
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DEVOTION / Worn down: Why Jehoshaphat gives me pause
God considered King Jehoshaphat a godly ruler. But the pressures of ruling a people who often were less than godly wore him down. How do we deal with similar cultural issues? How does God’s grace strengthen us so we don’t become weary?
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DEVOTION / Weaponized incompetence
Christians may not be able to name the sin, but we are regularly guilty of it. The sin? Weaponized incompetence.
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