Category Archives: Devotional

The Five Love Languages: Learning to Love Like Jesus, Part 1

There are certain things we all share in common: each one of us has a soul, a mind, a heart. The Bible says that each person is made in the image of God — and that applies to everyone who … Continue reading

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Holy Confrontation: Guilt

When God called Moses out of the burning bush, He told him to go back to Egypt, to confront Pharaoh and to demand that he set the Israelites free from slavery. Exodus 3:10, “Come, I will send you to Pharaoh … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving 2022: A Heart Full of Gratitude

The kitchen is still warm from Sunny’s hours of food prep. The meal has been made and consumed; the mess has been cleaned up; and the leftovers are in the fridge. The football game is on in the background while … Continue reading

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Signing Day

Today was a really big day for our family. Joshua started playing baseball at the age of 3 at the YMCA. And it was definitely love at first “swing” for him! Since that first season of tee ball 15 years … Continue reading

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Desperate

As Jesus went, the people pressed around him. And there was a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone. She … Continue reading

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The Wonderful Cross: Take Up Your Cross, Part 2

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me … Continue reading

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The Wonderful Cross: Take Up Your Cross, Part 1

The cross is not only the way to salvation. It is also a way of life. And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. … Continue reading

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Going and not knowing

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was about to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. Hebrews 11:8 I once thought that faith … Continue reading

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The Wonderful Cross: Christus Victor, Part 2

This is what John sees next in his vision: I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain … Revelation 5:6 And when the Lamb takes the scroll, all of heaven sings a new song: “Worthy are you … Continue reading

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The Wonderful Cross: Christus Victor, Part 1

As we continue our series on the cross and the atoning work of Jesus, we turn our attention to the picture of Jesus as the worthy champion. This is called the Christus Victor view of atonement, the idea that in … Continue reading

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