You Must Be Born Again

Mar 14, 2014 | Devotions

John 3:15-17 I have learned that many people assume that since God is loving, He will make a place for everyone in heaven. They do not understand the basic truths about lost and saved. We all start life as lost beings. Adam was the first man and served as...

Perfect the Folds

Mar 13, 2014 | Devotions | 1 comment

1 Corinthians 11:23-26 My earliest recollection of the Lord’s Supper is the respectful manner of a particular elder. Upon completion of the distribution of the Communion elements, he helped replace the linen cloth so that the words In Remembrance of Me carved on the...

Who is the Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?

Mar 12, 2014 | Devotions

Matthew 18:1-7 The disciples here are concerned with an issue of status, as they (too) were a product of a status–conscious culture. Religious leaders of that time frequently pointed to statesmen and heroes as their models. So the disciples asked Jesus, “Who is the...

“We Cannot Measure How You Heal”

Mar 11, 2014 | Devotions

Each Saturday and Tuesday during Lent, the devotion will consist of visual or musical works of art for you to contemplate.  There might be a brief quote or statement for you to consider as you view/listen to the material; there may be notes from or about the artist or...

Forgiveness: Building Spiritual Muscle

Mar 10, 2014 | Devotions

Psalm 32 Psalm 32:1 “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” In their book Younger Next Year, Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge explain that our physical bodies are biologically programmed to decay. This decay occurs from the inside out –...

God Knows We Need a Health Plan

Mar 9, 2014 | Devotions

Romans 6:1-11 In a world where the number of available health plans has increased in complexity, cost, and quality, here’s a plan that is simple, affordable, effective, and with all the coverage one could ever need: Romans 6:9, 11 – “…death no longer has...