Daily Bible Reading Reflections

What Difference Does Knowing God Make?

Knowing God. In 1 Thessalonians 4, disciples of Jesus are called to be different from those “who do not know…

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“It is the LORD Your God Who Fights For You”

It was a time of transition in Israel. Moses is delivering his farewell address to an anxious nation of wanderers…

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The God Who Tests Our Hearts

In 1 Thessalonians 2, Paul very personally writes… For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not…

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The Greater Ingredients of Living Faith, Active Love, and Steadfast Hope

Faith, love, and hope. These three are often grouped together in the Bible as the basic ingredients of discipleship. For…

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Doubts Then, Doubts Now, and the Work Still Before Us

“Do not be afraid,” the resurrected Christ encouraged on the first day of the week after his death on a…

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The Manifold Works of Our Maker

Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! (104:1) Psalm 104 takes us on…

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Is It Enough?

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so…

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But Jesus, Aware…

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. And they sent their disciples to him,…

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Know This…

Hear the call of Psalm 100 today. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Serve the LORD…

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The 3 Most Important Words You’ll Hear All Day

If you could pick three words–any three words, in any order–what’s the best, most profound, life-giving, hope-sustaining message you could…

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