Click for a PDF version Monday Read John 15:15 Is true friendship with God possible? Is there evidence for this possibility? Yes, there is evidence in the Bible. Enoch and Noah “walked with God.” Abraham is described as God’s friend. Moses talked with God “face to face.” David was described by God via Samuel...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Psalm 14:2-3; Matthew 11:27-30 “The LORD looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.” Psalm 14:2-3 History reveals...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Psalm 2 The title Messiah is not found in the Old Testament even though the concept has its roots there. Messiah means simply “Anointed One,” and was primarily a reference to the One who had been anointed as the ruler over God’s people. This is evident in...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Luke 1:26-28; Matthew 1:18-25, 2:13-23 The Family of Jesus: Joseph, adoptive father of Jesus, the Child Can you think of a prominent Bible character, a person who was intimately involved in the life of Jesus but for whom there is no record in Scripture of any word...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Job 24:13-17; 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 16-17; 4:1-5 I am now 66 years old, having lived my first 39 years as a periodically churchgoing “cultural Christian,” the last 27 walking with Jesus. I’m struck by how this parallels the Bible itself: 66 books total, 39 in the Old...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Luke 24 Reasons to believe Jesus resurrected from death While the teachings of Jesus provide invaluable instruction for the Christian life, His resurrection is the essential doctrine of our Christian faith. The Apostle Paul believed the resurrection of Jesus was the basis for Christianity. He wrote: “If...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Mark 11:12-14, 20-21; Matthew 21:28-22:14 It’s Holy Week, a.k.a. “Passion (Suffering) Week,” culminating in Jesus’ crucifixion and His miraculous resurrection commemorated by Easter. A common thread throughout last week’s devos: Jesus separating His followers from enemies—the latter facing judgment. That theme intensifies this week as we consider...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Isaiah 26:19; John 11:1-53 These next two weeks we walk with Jesus toward His mission’s fulfillment at Calvary. We’ll highlight key events and teaching within the estimated (and disputed) chronology for the weeks preceding Palm Sunday and Resurrection Sunday. Today’s featured incident occurred sometime between Hannukah (December)...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Genesis 50:20; Romans 12:21 God makes something beautiful out of our lives. “All I had to offer Him was brokenness and strife, But He made something beautiful out of my life.” —Gaither Trio, “Something Beautiful” When all was said and done, Joseph put it this way: “What...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Genesis 42:1-28; Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:13-15 Out of Egypt This week’s Genesis readings set the climax to Joseph’s story. Via Joseph’s ordeals God relocated Jacob, Jacob’s twelve sons and their families to Egypt (Genesis 46-47). After Joseph’s death, however, Egypt enslaved the Jews for 400+ years until...
