The Vacated Tomb
Listen to Today’s Devotion The apostle Paul wrote, “If there’s no resurrection for Christ, everything we’ve told you is smoke and mirrors, and everything you’ve staked your life on is smoke and mirrors…But the truth…
God’s Therapy for Our Trepidation
Listen to Today’s Devotion Hope is an endangered species. We are more troubled than we’ve been in nearly fifty years. Happiness is down. Loneliness is up. And optimism has taken a right hook to the…
What Will Eternal Life Be Like? Brief Thoughts on Heaven and Earth
REVELATION 5:9–10 “They sang a new song, saying, ‘Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every…
Your Eternal Home
Listen to Today’s Devotion On the eve of his crucifixion, Jesus told his followers what was going to happen the following day. He would be abandoned by his friends and killed by his enemies. Yet…
Where Are You Headed?
Listen to Today’s Devotion I consider myself a bit of an expert in airport repartee. It typically consists of one question: “Where are you headed?” We are all headed somewhere. Each day brings us closer to…
Wallpaper: A Living Hope
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from…
Born of the Spirit
Listen to Today’s Devotion On one side Nicodemus, representing all well-meaning, God-fearing, scripture-memorizing folk. On the other, Jesus Christ. And what the latter says to the former is so uncanny that it sends shock waves through…
Learn from the One Who Is Gentle and Lowly in Heart
By nature, men and women act self-reliant, often burdened by the futility of trying to make sense of their existence or attempting to please God through self-effort. Jesus invites all sinners to come and find…
Reflections before Coming to the Communion Table
Why are we, as saved sinners, given the privilege of feasting at the Communion table before a holy God? Because He has provided an atonement for our rebellion! In his sermon “The Lamb of God,”…
In Step with the Spirit
Listen to Today’s Devotion “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25 NIV). Make it your aim to walk in the Spirit by inviting him into the…