MONDAY Reading for Today: Matthew 20: 17-34 Acts 27:27-44 Psalm 45 Leviticus 21–23 Leviticus 21–23 Historian Marvin Rosenthal wrote, “There is not a nation anywhere, even among the most primitive of peoples, that does not have its unique days of special celebration.” Why do we celebrate? I believe God wired us to love a holiday. […]
A Sunday school children’s song contains the lyrics, “Every promise in the book is mine, every chapter, every verse, every line.” Cute song. Bad hermeneutics. The fact is that we participate in the promise that God made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and we experience its blessings (Galatians 3:9). But the promise itself was unique […]
Do you know that Fig Newtons got their name from the city of Newton, Massachusetts? Other than eating one of those cookies once in a while, I seldom think about figs, so it’s hard to appreciate what fig trees meant in the ancient Middle East. There weren’t many ways to satisfy a sweet tooth back […]
In his book The Soul Winner, Charles H. Spurgeon underscores several rewards and benefits associated with the work of soul winning. One such benefit, he points out, is the educating, ennobling, and transforming of the soul winner. As I reflect on my years of service in the good work of trying to bring unsaved persons […]
Jesus said, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them” (John 14:23). This statement is at the core of why we seek to obey God. For many of us, the term obedience has been engraved in our minds […]
