Devotionals

Life can often feel chaotic. Unexpected events produce results out of our control. This can lead us to being more reactive instead of proactive out of necessity. We have to make decisions we are not prepared to make that drastically alter our plans going forward. Out...

“This means I would become a whole new person.” He paused and contemplated the significance of the offer. No longer trapped in a sea of destructive passions. No longer imprisoned by the expectations of family. No longer seeking to impress people with his charm,...

How can we effectively reach people for Christ in today's world? One powerful answer lies in our commitment to praying for opportunities to connect with others and share the transformative message of the Gospel. This practice involves not just a momentary thought, but...

If your heart stopped beating today and God asked you, “Why should I let you into heaven?” how would you respond? “That’s a frightening thought, Lucas. I don’t much like to imagine that.” Okay, fair point. But I think it’s a question worth thinking about. In fact,...

When I think about salvation or conversion, I first think of the work of evangelism – the proclamation of the Gospel. And certainly, Scripture makes it clear in Romans 10:14, “. . . How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard?” Someone needs to tell people...

Do you ever find yourself thinking that “great faith” is reserved for the “spiritual elite” and reserved for the apostles of old, or life-long foreign-field missionaries, and those in pastoral leadership? Similarly, does the thought of “faithful saints” praying in...

The boldness of Peter and John in Acts 4 might not be what you’d first think. We read the account of these disciples being questioned by the rulers of their day after being arrested for healing a crippled beggar and preaching the Good News of Jesus and think, we are...

There’s much that curiosity begs us to explore in this passage, from the verbal leading of God’s Spirit to the miraculous vanishing of the apostle, but for our purposes we will limit ourselves here to some simple truths it reveals about the nature of conversion....

When a story is said to take place near the Crags of the Wild Goats, you know it’s going to be interesting. We find ourselves at those Crags as the rising action of 1 Samuel 16–23 comes to a climax in chapter 24 when the Lord delivers King Saul into David’s hands in a...