12/06/15 Lord, Make Me Weak
READING: 2 Corinthians 10-13 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: Today completes our reading of 2 Corinthians. As I read these chapters, I think much about priorities of the world (especially for men). We want…
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An Encouraging Word for Church Leaders for Today
James 4:7-8 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw…
Read More12/05/15 Before the Judgment Seat of Christ
READING: 2 Corinthians 5-9 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: I remember as a young believer how grateful I was that I would never stand before God in judgment. At least, that’s the way I…
Read More12/04/15 Living in Sincerity and Purity
READING: 2 Corinthians 1-4 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: On some of my travels, I’ve had the opportunity to visit graveyards filled with history (I realize that’s a morbid thought,…
Read More12/03/15 The Personal Reality of Resurrection
READING: 1 Corinthians 15-16 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: Today would have been my father’s 77th birthday. He was born in 1938, just as the world was moving…
Read More12/02/15 Loving God’s Way
READING: 1 Corinthians 12-14 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: Love is an amazing thing, really. It’s a combination of actions and responses and emotions and thoughts — something that overwhelms us unexpectedly, carries us through…
Read More12/01/15 Warning!
READING: 1 Corinthians 9-11 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: We now have one month left in our Bible reading for 2015. For much of this year, we lived…
Read More11/30/15 Sexual Immorality and Believers
READING: 1 Corinthians 5-8 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: I grew up in a non-Christian home where pornography was prevalent. In fact, I honestly can’t remember being so young that I had not…
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A Lottie Moon Challenge to Southern Baptists
I write this post to Southern Baptists, but I plead with all believers to read it.
Read More11/29/15 What Are You Building?
READING: 1 Corinthians 1-4 TEXTS AND APPLICATION: Here’s the basic question for me from today’s reading: how much of what I do in my life really has eternal significance? It…
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