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Gulfport Church Issues Resolution on Katrina Anniversary

First Presbyterian of Gulfport marked Hurricane Katrina’s anniversary with a message of thanks to those who helped the church and community.

Devotion for October 9, 2025

Sudden and Certain Justice Esther 7:3–10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Esther 7:10 Mordecai was a Jew who worked in the court of Xerxes, the king of Persia. Haman was a high official. Most people deferred to Haman, bowing to him almost as if he were the…

Devotion for October 8, 2025

God’s Favor Esther 5:1–3 She won favor in his sight, and he held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Esther 5:2 Esther became King Xerxes’s queen after being taken from the home of her cousin and guardian, Mordecai, to live in Xerxes’s palace. A great enemy of the Jews named…

Stranger Things of the Old Testament: Leviathan

The best known biblical dragon is Leviathan, which is named six times in the Old Testament: twice in Isaiah (27:1), twice in the Psalms (74:14; 104:26), and twice in Job (3:8; 41:1). 

Devotion for October 7th, 2025

Under Covenant Nehemiah 9:3–10:29 Because of all this we make a firm covenant in writing. Nehemiah 9:38 Things changed radically in Jerusalem under the governorship of Nehemiah and the pastoring of Ezra. The people had been spiritually dead. Now they revived, and the changes that came transformed their nation and culture permanently. What were the…

Jason Pickard | The Resurrection of Jesus: Rising on the Third Day

In this episode of What Christians Believe, Derek Rishmawy and guest Jason Pickard discuss the resurrection of Jesus Christ as articulated in the Nicene Creed.

Briarwood Issues Statement After School Employee’s Arrest

Scott Redd, pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church, issued a statement regarding the arrest of an employee at its associated school.

Devotion for October 6th, 2025

Getting Right Nehemiah 5:1–13 The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God? Nehemiah 5:9 We must ask of ourselves: What good is it to build great evangelical institutions, constructing walls against the “evil” of our opposing, secular world, if within the walls the…

Formed or Deformed? Discipleship in a Distracted Age

Without realizing it, our habits, desires, and imaginations have been shaped all week long not by Scripture or Christian community, but by the endless scroll of newsfeeds, videos, and curated ads.

Devotion for October 3, 2025

Method of Prayer Nehemiah 1:1–11 I . . . mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven. Nehemiah 1:4 There is an acrostic for prayer that you have probably heard: ACTS. In this acrostic, A stands for adoration, C for confession, T for thanksgiving, and S for supplication. Each of these…

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