Month: April 2020
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Calling Others
John 6:44–51; Acts 15:12–21; Romans 1:16–25 (read online ⧉) One of the hardest things for any believer is the understanding that a loved one may not be with them in Heaven. Whether one believes in Dante’s 7 circles of Hell, the Hell of endless torment, or the Hell of eternal life “merely” not being in…
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Holy Night
29 April 2020 Devotional Genesis 1:1–19; Genesis 22:17–18; Psalm 134 (read online ⧉) I try to settle, but I just pass throughA rain dog, gypsyA wandering JewAll those homes were not oursThen I slept one nightIn Abraham’s fieldAnd dreamt there was no moonThe night he diedCounting stars from The Orphan by the Newsboys One of…
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Wholesome Speech
Leviticus 19:11–18; 2 Corinthians 12:19–21; 1 Peter 2:1–5 (read online ⧉) Slander is one of the biggest things that divide people whether it be in families, churches, the internet, the world. Slander can be small things, it can be large things. The reality is that it often hurts the innocent and the guilty the same.…
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Proof
27 April 2020 devotional John 4:45–54; Acts 7:47–60; Hebrews 11:1–16 (read online ⧉) “What is life? How does it begin? Are we alone? These are some of the questions we ask in our quest to learn about and share the wonders of the universe.” From the About us section of the SETI Institute website SETI…
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That’s a Christian?
Psalm 26; Matthew 23:11–15; Titus 1:5–16 (read online ⧉) “One of their very own prophets said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” This testimony is true. For this reason, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith and may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commands of…
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At His Word
Psalm 19; Proverbs 1:1–8; Romans 15:4–13 (read online ⧉) When you read the Scriptures, are you reading words or are you reading the Word? If you have been a Christian for any length of time you know what the “right” answer is. That doesn’t mean that for you it is the true answer. Many people…
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Watching Rest
Genesis 1:26–31; Exodus 23:27–30; Leviticus 26:34–35; 2 Chronicles 36:15–21 (read online ⧉) We are all very much aware that humanity is not the sole living creature that God created. Many of us have had experiences in wilderness areas and national parks. Others grew up “on the land” where neighbors were a long way off, and…
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Blessings and Returnings
Jeremiah 29:4–9; Daniel 2:24–30; 1 Peter 2:11–17 (read online ⧉) The American experiment has certainly had its interesting times. During extreme times there have been many attempts to do something dramatic to “fix” things. The Civil War was an extreme act that appeared to be a moral response to a injustice. The FDR administration attempted…