by David Duncan | Apr 27, 2025 | Devotions
Living Each New Day Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV) The older I get the less interested...
by J.D. Greear | Apr 27, 2025 | Family Leadership
Some of the most polarizing words in the New Testament are these instructions from Peter in his first letter to the church: “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands …” (1 Peter 3:1 ESV). But the most overlooked word in this whole passage directed to wives and...
by Bruce Cooper | Apr 26, 2025 | Inspiration
One of Jesus’ most profound teachings appears in Matthew 18:2–3 (NASB), where He calls a child to stand among His disciples and says, “Truly I say to you, unless you change and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” Whenever we see Jesus...
by Tom Swartzwelder | Apr 26, 2025 | Devotions
What does it mean to meditate? Everyone knows! Just ask the high school student. Cramming for a school test is a form of meditation or concentrated thinking. Working on a difficult problem for the boss is another form of meditation or concentrated thinking. Worrying...
by Chet Gladkowski | Apr 26, 2025 | Inspiration
and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels,...