07/13/18 Exile
READING: 2 Kings 16-17, 2 Chronicles 28 “Therefore, the Lord was very angry with Israel, and he removed them from his presence.” 2 Kings 17:18 Judgment had…
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8 Reasons Evangelism Programs Often Don’t Work
First, a caveat – I believe in evangelism programs. On the other hand, here’s why I’m arguing in this post that evangelism programs often aren’t effective.
Read More07/12/18 Compassion
READING: Micah 5-7 “You will again have compassion on us.” Micah 7:19 The last words of a book matter. The book of Genesis, for example,…
Read More07/11/18 Planning Iniquity
READING: Micah 1-4 “Woe to those who plan iniquity, . . .” Micah 2:1 I probably don’t think enough about the depth of wickedness in…
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8 Reasons Confession to One Another Matters
Ultimately, God is the one who forgives us, but here are reasons we must prayerfully consider confessing our wrong to another brother or sister in Christ.
Read More07/10/18 I Will Praise You
READING: Isaiah 9-12 “Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.” Isaiah 12:1 To a messed up,…
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10 Reasons We Hide Our Sin
It happens. Even as believers, we tend to keep our sin to ourselves. Here are some reasons why.
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7 of the Toughest Decisions I Had to Make as a Pastor
The past few days, I thought about some of the toughest decisions I had to make over the years as a pastor. Some don’t seem so tough now, but they were at the time I had to make them.
Read More07/09/18 Holiness
READING: Isaiah 5-8 Given the great need for holiness in God’s church today, I am repeating this lengthier devotion from 2015, with only a few…
Read More07/08/18 The Problem of Prosperity
READING: Hosea 13 “. . . then they forgot me.” Hosea 13:6 God brought His people out of Egypt in a dramatic way, and that…
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