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NT Fire Starters – Day 263: Galatians 5:16-26
READ: Galatians 5:16-26 THINK: What grows on an apple tree? How about a pear tree? Or a grapevine? The answer is obvious. You know a plant…
NT Fire Starters – Day 262: Galatians 4:21-5:15
READ: Galatians 4:21–5:15 THINK: Do you always do what you’re told? Probably not. We all have rebellious tendencies, but by no…
NT Fire Starters – Day 261: Galatians 3:26-4:20
READ: Galatians 3:26–4:20 THINK: Have you ever caught yourself feeling envious of people who inherit a life of privilege simply…
NT Fire Starters – Day 260: Galatians 3:15-25
READ: Galatians 3:15-25 THINK: One of the first things a person must do in order to get help in dealing with a personal problem or addiction…
NT Fire Starters – Day 259: Galatians 3:1-14
READ: Galatians 3:1-14 THINK: Nearly every religion in the world is based on some set of routines, rituals or regulations that attempt to…
NT Fire Starters – Day 258: Galatians 2:1-21
READ: Galatians 2:1-21 THINK: Can you recall a time when you knew what was right, but gave in to pressure and did otherwise? Or have you…
NT Fire Starters – Day 257: Galatians 1:1-24
READ: Galatians 1:1-24 THINK: Not everything or everyone that claims to be “Christian” is Christlike. Not everything that seems…
NT Fire Starters – Day 256: 2 Corinthians 13:1-14
READ: 2 Corinthians 13:1-14 THINK: How teachable are you? Do you respond humbly to correction? Can you take a tough challenge or firm rebuke…
NT Fire Starters – Day 255: 2 Corinthians 12:1-21
READ: 2 Corinthians 12:1-21 THINK: Many people are preoccupied with what they perceive to be their inadequacies, flaws and weaknesses–…
NT Fire Starters – Day 254: 2 Corinthians 11:16-33
READ: 2 Corinthians 11:16-33 THINK: In order for people to understand, you typically need to speak their language. In this passage, Paul…
NT Fire Starters – Day 253: 2 Corinthians 11:1-15
READ: 2 Corinthians 11:1-15 THINK: In most circumstances, sarcasm is uncalled for. But every once in a while, it’s the only way to get…
NT Fire Starters – Day 252: 2 Corinthians 10:1-18
READ: 2 Corinthians 10:1-18 THINK: What weapons does the devil use against you? Are there temptations, habits, insecurities or attitudes…
NT Fire Starters – Day 251: 2 Corinthians 8:1-9:15
READ: 2 Corinthians 8:1–9:15 THINK: Hyper-speed computers, personal digital assistants, Internet shopping, GPS systems, iPhones, and…
NT Fire Starters – Day 250: 2 Corinthians 7:2-16
READ: 2 Corinthians 7:2-16 THINK: Love is tough. It has to be for all it must endure. In order for your love for Christ to grow stronger and…
NT Fire Starters – Day 249: 2 Corinthians 6:3-7:1
READ: 2 Corinthians 6:3–7:1 THINK: In what ways have you suffered and sacrificed for your faith in Christ? People throughout history…
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Facing A Debilitating Illness
Luke 13:10-17 10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for…
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Encouragement
Do you need encouragement? My friend Pastor Jerry Beebe posted: “The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do…
Which Day Is the Sabbath?
Jesus says that the Sabbath was made for people’s benefit (Mark 2:27). Years ago an Adventist layman wrote in to our Ohio town’s local…
True Purification
Mere religious tradition can blind us to what really matters to God. Those whose honor derives from their religious or social status can…
Enemy Soldiers Torture and Mock Jesus in Matthew 27:27-34
Over six hundred Roman soldiers were staying at the Fortress Antonia and at Pilate’s palace (which once belonged to Herod the Great). Not…
The Empty List
It could easily be the world’s scariest list if it had even one thing on it. But I’ve looked. There’s nothing there–zip, nada. The list of…
Confessions of an Overpacker
I was never a Boy Scout (or even a Girl Scout) but “be prepared” has somehow become my unofficial motto in life. I’m the one to ask if you…
God is Not Tired of You
I get it. Living in a world like ours drains you. It’s not just the break-neck speed we move at these days or the to-do lists that seem to…
Why I Love Other People’s Prayers
Sure… prayer is, for the most part, a personal thing. It is also a corporate, human-divine exchange in places like churches and other…
Dark Safety
I can still picture it clearly, though I was probably about five-years-old at the time. Standing on the back porch between my parents, I…
New Motherhood Lessons from Ancient Mommas
Motherhood, it seems, is one long series of lessons held in the often chaotic classroom of daily living. Children are not the only learners…
Was it cruel for Abraham to send Hagar and Ishmael away?
In Genesis 21:14, Abraham sends Hagar and Ishmael away into the desert. Yet Abraham was not sending them to die of thirst there. He gave…
Getting too comfortable in Egypt?
Exodus opens where Genesis leaves off: Jacob and his family settled in Egypt (Exod 1:1-5), and Joseph and his generation died (1:6).…
Are Spiritual Gifts for Today?
Paul declares that we are the body of Christ with many members (Rom 12:4-5; 1 Cor 12:12, 20). He then elaborates on some of the varied gifts…
Beating a tyrant at his own game
The unscrupulous Pharaoh, determining to act shrewdly (NRSV, ESV) with God’s people, planned to kill their infants through the Hebrews’ own…
Moses as a third-culture kid
Did Moses know that he was a Hebrew? Contrary to some of the movies we see (including my beloved Prince of Egypt!), he presumably did. In…