Category: Devotions / Bible Studies

January 5, 2016

Some days, you pour through Scripture searching for something to speak to you. Some days, you do everything you can to avoid Scripture lest you fear what you’ll find. And some days, Scripture seems to…

December 3, 2014

We started a nightly advent devotional Sunday evening. I’ll admit I was a bit skeptical when we started… not about the idea of a family devotional (trying as it can be with three kiddos), but…

November 7, 2014

Maybe you haven’t noticed (and if not, I’m worried for you), but the prevailing culture in America is changing. Social norms aren’t the same as they were 50 years ago, or even 5 years ago.…

July 17, 2014

I’ve been reading through Philippians today, and tonight, as I revisited the book after reading it completely this morning, I was struck by this passage: For many, of whom I have often told you and…

May 23, 2014

A couple days back, I was listening to a podcast, and it triggered a chain of thoughts I can’t get out of my head. The starting point? History. Have you ever really thought about history,…

April 8, 2014

A couple weeks back, I shared a quote I’d ran across on “rearranging prejudices”. I was pondering how frequently we Christians struggle with this, allowing what we want to believe to shape how we understand…

March 18, 2014

I came across this quote recently, and it certainly triggered some thoughts: A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. (William James) Dwell on that for a moment.…