“It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart.” (Ecclesiastes 7:2)Ecclesiastes 7:2 is a vers...  Read More

“Meanwhile his disciples urged him, ‘Rabbi, eat something.’ But he said to them, ‘I have food to eat that you know nothing about.’ Then his disciples said to each other, ‘Could someone have brought hi...  Read More

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? The kingdom of God is like a ma...  Read More

“But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sa...  Read More

Today’s post is adapted from the April 20th, 2010 blog post, and is dedicated to Jonathan, Karen & Hailey.“Yet to all who received [Jesus], to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to beco...  Read More

“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sin...  Read More

“Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a...  Read More

“Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.” (James 1:12)Over the past ten weeks,...  Read More

Today’s post is entitled “Facets of Glory,” and is written by Lynne Pleau.“For the Lord is God, and He created the heavens and the earth and put everything in its place.” (Isaiah 45: 18a)Imagine: what...  Read More

We’ve been looking at the book of Daniel for the past two months on Sunday mornings, and one of the repeated themes is that God’s kingdom is everlasting, while every kingdom and political leader of th...  Read More

"Everything is permissible for me"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"-- but I will not be mastered by anything. (1 Corinthians 6:12)One of the most neglected spiritua...  Read More

Today’s Pulse includes a section from a recent blog post by Pastor John Ortberg on the christianitytoday.com website. The post was a response to the recent resignation of Mark Driscoll, pastor of the ...  Read More

“Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” (Psalm 90:12)“Every day is a journal page, every man holds a quill and inkAnd there's plenty of room for writing in all we do ...  Read More

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in th...  Read More

“It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may ...  Read More

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11)It is a continual stru...  Read More

“They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us ...  Read More

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” (Matthew 5:6)The first seminary class I ever took was New Testament Greek. One of the insights that I have never f...  Read More

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5)Recently I’ve been reading a collection of Puritan pra...  Read More

“For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to g...  Read More

“In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in C...  Read More

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)In L.B. Cowman’s devotional “Str...  Read More

“Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”(1 Corinthians 15:58)...  Read More

“Love keeps no record of wrongs” (1 Corinthians 13:5)Brennan Manning’s The Ragamuffin Gospel is one of those books that I try to read on a regular basis, at least once every year or two. Manning’s sto...  Read More