Devotionals

Acts 19:8-20 I stood looking at the large colorful poster on the store front. My emotions were mixed. My thoughts struggled with what I saw and read. On the poster was a picture of heavily muscled men. They wore little clothing. Their pose displayed confidence and strength. Around them were the various implements of weight […]

Acts 19:21-29 Browsing through your local Christian bookstore you will notice many titles that explain and describe false doctrines, cults and the occult. You may pick up a book about the New Age movement, Mormonism, or the Moonies. As you leaf through the books one by one you would be struck with one central consideration.

Acts 19:30-41 Horatio Seymour, was twice the Democratic governor of New York (1853-54, 1863-64). The Democrats even nominated Seymour as their presidential candidate in 1868, but he lost to Ulysses S. Grant. He is best known for his assertion that the Emancipation Proclamation was illegal. He also opposed military draft by the federal government saying

Rom. 8:29 A familiar slogan for young basketball lovers is \”I wanna be like Mike.\” Michael Jordan brought a new element to the game of basketball with his expertise and grace. His personality only enhanced his skill at the game. People all across the nation were charmed by him even when they did not like

Psalm 119:1-8 (2) In this little town the speed limit was 25 mph EVERYWHERE! I was SO frustrated. Things had not gone well that morning. It was cold. My son didn\’t want to get out of bed. We soon found that it had sleeted during the night. Ice covered my windshield. Then the car wouldn\’t

Deut. 11:18-25 (19) James S. Hewett tells that every Sunday morning the fifth graders would line up and recite a section of the creed that had been assigned to them. That continued well for awhile. Then one Sunday they began the class the same way. The first girl recited her line flawlessly: \”I believe in

Mark 10:13-16 Jesus was always saying things that caused people to stop to ponder. For example: \”The only way you can expect to get into the kingdom of God is to do so like a child.\” What in the world could He mean? Since we haven\’t totally understood we have hammered on the door of

Matt 13:1-9 (3) Jesus was always ahead of His time. Even in our own day many do not seem to either accept or realize this truth., If we can understand this little picture lesson of the receptivity of the soils then we will be more likely to have a direct influence on those whom we

John 12:23-27 (25) David Augsburger writes in Sticking My Neck Out that when James Calvert went out as a missionary to the cannibals of the Fiji Islands, the captain of the ship sought to turn him back. \”You will lose your life and the lives of those with you if you go among such savages,\”

Mark 4:10-13 (11) A man born in the city decided to move to the country and start a chicken farm. He bought 200 baby chicks and a farmhouse with some land around it. The chickens all quickly died. He bought 200 more baby chicks. Again, they all died. Puzzled and distressed, the man wrote to