Devotional
Freedom & Holiness
True freedom is not the ability to freely pursue happiness as we each define it. Freedom is the ability to break free from the crooked, perverse, self-centered human nature and live entirely for God.
Devotional
Technology. We Sure Have Come a Long Way…But Have We?
The flowering of culture and invention does not restrain the escalation of sin — Victor Hamilton My wonderful wife got me an Apple Watch for Father’s Day. And, I must admit, it’s mind-blowing. So much technology right there on my wrist. I never thought the Dick Tracy watch would ever Read more…
Devotional
Fish Guts
I’m hard-pressed to think of a more unpleasant, unnatural, and un-human place to be than in the belly of a fish. This is the last place God ever intended his image-bearers to be. This is where Jonah ended up, however, when he simply refused to do what God was asking Read more…
Devotional
In Case I Haven’t Been Clear
Originally posted here by By Stacey Ayars Two dear friends in the last 12 hours have told us that the white church is being deafeningly silent. I don’t own a stain glass building, and brand new to Mississippi in the middle of Covid-19, I don’t even have a church yet. Read more…
Biblical Studies
Audience of One
For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. — Galatians 1:10 In this era of Social Media, public displays of virtual signaling and Read more…
Biblical Studies
Holy Spirit: Wind
Living the Christian life without the Holy Spirit is like having the wind knocked out of you: painful and scary. Our spiritual life and health are entirely dependent on a constant, unwavering dependence on the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, like breath, is life-giving. The Holy Spirit fuels us, strengthens Read more…
Devotional
A Different Kind of King
Today we celebrate Palm Sunday, which is the last Sunday before Holy Week and Easter Sunday. Palm Sunday commemorates when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and the people celebrated and praised him as their long-awaited Messiah. In their act of celebration they waved palm branches along the streets Read more…
Devotional
God Didn’t Abandon Jesus on the Cross
Another passage under consideration as we prepare for Holy Week is Matthew 27:46, which records Jesus saying while on the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Not a few preachers and other interpreters of the Bible have concluded that because this is the moment in which Read more…
Devotional
Five Minute Faithful – The Fragility of Civilization
For behold, the Lord GOD of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water. — Isaiah 3:1 The audience of this oracle from Isaiah had grown arrogant. They had come to depend on their own resourcefulness. They Read more…