Posts with the category “bible-devotionals”

One Easter a man sent me a link to an article which stated that early Christians didn’t all believe in Jesus’ bodily resurrection asking my thoughts about it. The two arguments presented in the article are not new, and they often seem to resurface this time of year.First, some early Christians struggled with the idea of a bodily resurrection.  If a “Christian” is anyone who claims to follow someon...  Read More

We are once again coming to a time where we get to both celebrate and remember the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Each year we rejoice in the finished work of the cross and the defeating of death in His resurrection. Celebration and remembering is a calling the Lord has given us, 1 Chronicles 16:12 tells us, “Remember the wondrous works that He has done,    His miracles and the judgments H...  Read More

Today we will explore why God commands His people to remember, and how remembrance transforms our present faithfulness.Leviticus 23:42-43“You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.”God commanded H...  Read More

Every day the Lord reveals His amazing grace as unmerited favor, lovingkindness, mercy, and forgiveness. Paul could wish for nothing. . .  Read More

James introduced the idea of hearing and doing at the end of chapter 1, along with a definition of pure and undefiled religion. Chapter 2 then. . .  Read More

Today’s text stands in stark contrast to caring for widows and orphans; instead, the stain of worldliness was polluting the church. . .  Read More

The Galatian Christians had a problem, a big problem They had been brought under the sway of people who were adding a lethal . . .  Read More

The apostle Paul would have been a great American. He loved freedom—he had a lot to say about it, but what’s surprising is that he called . . .  Read More

True belief causes Christians to live out their faith according to God’s Word. We don’t passively hear the Word. Rather, action. . .  Read More

One thing you need to understand in order to feel the weight of what you’re about to study is the fact that the Book of James (AD 48–52) was. . .  Read More

If you could gather all of the people who’ve ever lived—every person in history—James would stand out from the crowd. . .  Read More

One of the distinguishing features of the Book of Galatians is the way Paul weaves his personal history into the text. It’s sort of . . .  Read More

If you examine the timeline of Paul’s ministry, you’ll notice something interesting that falls in line with the way God works in the hearts and. . .  Read More

Word travels fast. In an age of instant messaging, it’s often swifter than we’d like. But back in the first century AD, they relied on. . .  Read More

Oswald Chambers wrote of the apostle Paul, “Paul was not conscious of himself. He was recklessly abandoned, totally surrendered, and separated. . .  Read More

I once read a quote from a pastor named John Phillips who said, “In the Book of Galatians, we get to see what Paul’s soul looks like when. . .  Read More

Do you remember the Frank Sinatra song “Love and Marriage”? The first verse of the song goes a little something like this. . .  Read More