Listen to Today’s Devotion Paradise: the next stop on our journey. That is the term Jesus used with the dying thief on the cross. Is Paradise the same as heaven? Sort of. John Wesley called Paradise “only… 

Listen to Today’s Devotion In heaven’s diagram death is but the beginning—the first letter of the first sentence in the first paragraph of the first chapter of the great story that God is writing with… 

Listen to Today’s Devotion Despair can be a dangerous season. But it can also be a developing time—a time in which we learn to trust God, to lean into his Word, to rely on his… 

Listen to Today’s Devotion Satan’s scheme to kill the Son of God was defeated on the cross he designed for Christ. Had Satan known that the death of the Messiah would mean death for him… 

Listen to Today’s Devotion You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you. Is it still hard to consider the thought of forgiving the one who hurt you? If so, go one… 

Listen to Today’s Devotion God didn’t tell me, “Clean up before you come in.” He offered, “Come in and I’ll clean you up.” It’s not my grip on him that matters but his grip on… 

Listen to Today’s Devotion Let the sleigh bells ring! I love Christmas. Let the carolers sing. The more Santas the merrier. I don’t complain about the crowded shops. I don’t grumble at the jam-packed grocery store. Well,… 

Listen to Today’s Devotion Christmas cards. Punctuated promises. On this special day, can I share words from my favorite Christmas cards? “He became like us, so we could become like Him.” “Angels still sing and… 

Listen to Today’s Devotion The virgin birth is much, much more than a Christmas story. It’s a story of how close Christ will come to you. The first stop on his itinerary was a womb. Where… 

Listen to Today’s Devotion A small cathedral outside Bethlehem marks the supposed birthplace of Jesus. Behind a high altar in the church is a cave, a little cavern lit by silver lamps. You can enter the…