Devotionals

Take a moment to picture yourself singing a typical song during a typical worship service on a typical Sunday morning.  What do you see?  Is it a man going through the motions of standing at the right time, mumbling his way through a hymn, often with outdated words, and then sitting down at the appropriate time without giving a second thought to what he [...]

While streaming music recently a Christian song came up that caught my attention.  Perhaps it was by design because the band repeated a phrase out of the Bible over and over again.  The musicians increased their volume, heightened their intensity and accelerated the tempo as they melodically chanted “God is for us.”  As I listened, I was reminded of a quote from a movie [...]

The Sword of Damocles is a Greek allegory that tells the story of a king that was steeped in extravagant wealth.  Flattering him, a servant named Damocles noted that the king was very fortunate to wield unequaled power, possess unrivaled authority and be surrounded by unparalleled beauty.  The king asked the servant if he would like to trade places for a day and the servant [...]

For as long as the church has existed, false teachers have been one of its greatest threats.  Just as it’s easier for a business to protect itself against robbery than embezzlement, so it is easier for the church to identify external, worldly threats than heresies that sprout within.  The pernicious nature of the threat is described in Matthew 7:15. “Beware of false prophets, who [...]

I have a question for you that most Christians don’t want to be asked in person. I’ll do it here so you can answer in private (and honestly). When is the last time you evangelized to someone? When did you last have an explicit conversation with another person about their need for a Savior? Months? Years? Have you ever clearly communicated the gospel to [...]

This week primary elections were held which naturally brings to mind one of the topics you’re not supposed to talk about—politics. Politics seem to be a universal point of division in communities around the world—nationally, among co-workers, in families and even between spouses. Start a conversation about taxes, guns, vaccines, education, border security or election procedures and you can measure the increase in tension [...]