Below you'll find a list of all posts from 2025
Read Isaiah 28:1 through 30:33 Before the advent of global positioning system navigational help, drivers relied on maps and road signs to get somewhere unfamiliar. Many times, a motorist will write down the verbal directions someone gives him, and off he goes. A little farther down the road, he may start to question whether or not he heard correctly or …
Read Isaiah 5:8 through 7:25; 2 Corinthians 8:1–24 Walking down the street, Mandy passed several strangers. At an outdoor café, an elderly couple sat sip ping coffee as they watched passersby. Coming out of a store, a young mother balanced a crying toddler and her recent purchases. Stopping at a red light, a carload of teenagers screamed lyrics with the …
Read Amos 1:1 through 4:13 “What’s in a name?” Shakespeare posed that question in his tragedy Romeo and Juliet. As it turns out, names can be important. In business and social circles, it often matters who you are—and who you know. He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn …
Read Philippians 1:1–30 It has been suggested that Philippians was Paul’s love letter to the Philippian church. Although he was a prisoner at the time it was written, his letter radiates his personal joy in the Lord as well as his love and appreciation for the Philippian believers. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with …
Read Ecclesiastes 1:1 through 4:16 Gabe worked hard every day, enduring the unreason able demands of his boss. Gabe’s family had what many considered the American essentials: a house, two cars, a computer, smartphones, plenty of playthings, and an annual vacation. They also had ongoing bills and increasing dissatisfaction with life. No matter what new gadget or experience they acquired, …
Read Proverbs 17:1 through 20:30 The number of friends people have seems to shrink as they grow older. In childhood, people think everyone is their friend. Parents have to teach their children not to trust strangers. In the teenage years these numbers start to level off, especially in junior high and high school. There young people learn that some “friends” …
Read Psalms 136:1 through 142:7 Why do attempts to communicate with others sometimes end in frustration? Perhaps because no other human being is capable of grasping the joys, sorrows, hopes, and fears that have formed a unique individual. Even parents, friends, and spouses, have little understanding of what’s happening in the depths of a person’s soul. But there is someone …
Read Psalms 120:1 through 135:21 The Lord will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life (Psalm 121:7). What a promise! This verse from Psalm 121 inspires visions of an idyllic life with no pains or troubles. But it can also cause Christians to ask, “Why isn’t my life free from harm?” A seventeen-year-old girl named Joni Eareckson …
Read Romans 1:1 through 4:25 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb …
Read Psalms 72:1–20; 86:1–17 Lynette was starting another workweek. Deep in morning traffic, she sipped her coffee while watching the cars in front of her. Traffic was at a standstill. She glanced at her watch, worrying she would be late again. She could feel her anger rise. A stack of work left over from last week awaited her—not to mention …