Devotional thoughts on Zephaniah 3:1-8 By Alan Dowd Zephaniah wrote about God’s beloved city—Jerusalem—which had veered far away from its true King. What was once the holy city had become “rebellious” and “defiled.” Jerusalem, seduced by godless people, “accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her […]
By David Faust When you go grocery shopping, do you ever get one of those shopping carts that has a crooked wheel? It’s hard to push the cart when it’s out of alignment. Alignment is important in a car. If all four wheels aren’t aligned, the tires wear out faster, the steering wheel shakes, and […]
Devotional thoughts on Zephaniah 1:4-6, 14-16; 2:3 By Alan Dowd It may be easy to dismiss Zephaniah’s words. After all, none of us worship Baal or Molek or go up to the roof to praise the moon and stars. But how often do we place other things—money, the world, self—ahead of the one true God? […]
By David Faust It’s a common saying. You experience a minor mishap and shrug your shoulders. You dent your car’s bumper. Your cell phone bites the dust. You waste money on an impulse purchase that turns out to be nonreturnable. “Oh well,” you say to yourself, “it’s not the end of the world.” You may […]
By David Faust Far back in a field on the farm where I grew up, there’s a tree our family for decades has called the Saxophone Tree. It’s rooted in the ground atop a creek bank. At first the oak’s two-and-a-half-foot thick trunk extends down about eight feet toward the creek. Then, as if it […]
