A Redemptive Pattern
Listen to Today’s Devotion It’s the repeated pattern in Scripture: Evil. God. Good. Evil came to Job. Tempted him, tested him. Job struggled, but God countered. He spoke truth, declared sovereignty. Job, in the end, chose
How to Show Yourself “Approved Unto God”
Among the many sayings in the book of Proverbs is one that pastor Charles Bridges called the polestar of the Christian life1—that is, the fixed point in the sky by which one is able to
The Steady Drumbeat of Faith
Listen to Today’s Devotion Life turns every person upside down. No one escapes unscathed. Not the woman who discovers her husband is in an affair. Not the teenager who discovers a night of romance has
What A Day That Will Be
Listen to Today’s Devotion You sleep alone in a double bed. You walk the hallways of a silent house. You catch yourself calling out his name or reaching for her hand. Goodbye is the challenge
Hymn: “Building Day by Day” by Fanny Crosby
We are building in sorrow And building in joy A temple the world cannot see, But we know it will stand If we found it on a rock, Thro’ the ages of eternity. We are
Hymn: “In the Sweet By and By” by Sanford Fillmore Bennett
There’s a land that is fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afar, For the Father waits over the way To prepare us a dwelling place there. In the sweet by and
From Mournful to Hopeful
Listen to Today’s Devotion In May of 2008, Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife, Mary Beth, lost their five-year-old daughter in an automobile accident. They were deluged by messages of kindness. One in particular gave
Hymn: “Seeking for Me”
Jesus, my Savior, to Bethlehem came, Laid in a manger to sorrow and shame; Oh, it was wonderful, blessed be His name, Seeking for me, for me! Seeking for me, seeking for me, Seeking for
Not by Chance: Why Christians See Purpose in Everything
In a world where many people think life lacks rhyme or reason, Christians are called to be different and to think differently. With our Bibles open, we affirm that God is both creator and sustainer
This Is Our Hope
Listen to Today’s Devotion Goodbye. No one wants to say it. And death is the most difficult goodbye of all. After our church had five funerals in seven days, the sorrow took its toll on