Devotionals

Matthew 24:29-31 (31) Your life may read like a conflicting news account of the economic condition for the day.  Your hairline is in recession, you waistline is in inflation, and altogether you are in depression.  The pain and pressure in your life is not responding well to the political platitudes that are giving you questionable […]

Daniel 12:1-3 (3) More than 2,690 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars are embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California.  They are monuments to the success of entertainers, musicians, actors, directors, and producers.  There you can walk on metal stars dedicated to people like

Isaiah 25:6-9 Years ago Johnny Carson’s guest for the “Tonight” show was Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Orel Hershiser.  Carson commented that he had seen Hershiser singing in the dugout between innings during the World Series game the previous year.  He asked the famous pitcher what he had been singing.  Hershiser who was a Christian, unashamed

Romans 1:14-17 (16) 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Dwight L. Moody the great evangelist, was never an ordained minister. He was never a pastor. He was a

Philippians 1:12-17 (12) 12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; Eight year old Frank was excited about the fishing trip with his Dad on Saturday.  Friday night they got their fishing gear all ready.  Mom prepared a lunch

 Romans 16:25-27 (25) 25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, An ancient Chinese Text, “Huainanzi,” dated around 139 BC, makes reference to an instrument called a “wind-observing

Acts 28:23-31 (23) 23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. In his book, “The Body,” Chuck

Acts 28:17-22 (17) 17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the

Acts 28:11-16 (15) 15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. Ragnar Arlander and some friends decided to climb Mt. Rainier.  This beautiful snow caped stratovocanic mountain of 14,410 feet

Acts 28:1-10 (8) 8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. In his book “Biblical Preaching,” Fred Craddock tells of a young pastor who visited an elderly