Resurrection Sunday Devotional Main Text: Luke 24:1-7 There have been many wonderful moments in human history. Just within the past 200 years, we have seen: the invention of telephones, televisions, and computers; the development of x-rays, CT scans, and world-changing…
Saturday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 26:62-66 Think about the last time you made a mistake, and tried to keep it from being revealed. Perhaps you told a lie that got out of hand, or manipulated a situation to make yourself…
Good Friday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 27:45-56 It would be an understatement to say that there are many problems facing mankind. Such are the consequences of living in a sin-cursed world (Genesis 3:17-19; Romans 8:19-22). Yet in God’s perfect timing,…
Thursday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 26:17-19 Human beings are visual creatures. Throughout the course of history, man has often used concrete resources to teach important subjects with greater effectiveness. Paintings, charts, diagrams, instruction manuals, and word pictures are a small…
Wednesday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 26:1-5 Think about the past week, month, and year. How often did the plans that you make come to pass exactly as you desired? If we are honest with ourselves, we rarely see plans unfold…
Tuesday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 21:23-23:39 Everybody has an ultimate authority for what they believe and how they live. If pressed hard enough, people will eventually appeal to a supreme standard that governs their intellectual convictions and daily actions. When…
Monday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 21:12-22 It has been well said that death focuses the mind. As one thinks about death, the human tendency is to be drawn to what is supremely cherished. Indeed, the prospect of death tends to…
Palm Sunday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 21:1-11 Think about a time you had to wait for an exciting event to occur. Did the weeks or months seem to endlessly drag on? Was there a special date circled on the calendar,…
Note: Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. Passage of Focus: Galatians 4:4-5 (cf. Psalm 22:22-24) It has been well said that one of the central themes in Scripture could be summarized as follows: “God is redeeming a people…
*Note: Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this series. During the first half of the twentieth century, few Christian figures were more active in contending for the faith than J. Gresham Machen (Jude 1:3).[1] When confronted with the face…