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Welcoming People with Disabilities Into Church Life and Service

Read about the amazing ministries welcoming people with disabilities into church life. “We’re trying to get everybody back to church together.”

Rediscovering the Wonder in God’s Creation

Why are interactions with nature so captivating and joy-giving?

Devotion for April 22, 2025

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy…

Devotion for April 21, 2025

The disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it [a demon] out?” He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it…

Becoming a Not-So-With-You Leader

When church leaders rule and shepherd with a not-so-with-you mentality, their flocks will see something of the glory of Jesus and joyfully follow where they lead.

Devotion for April 18, 2025

Since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. (Rom. 5:1-2) Somewhere in my attic I have a World War II…

The Hope of a Tearless Eternity

It is a troubling fact of life that “in the world you will have tribulation.” But as Jesus assures us in John 16:33, “Take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Devotion for April 17, 2025

Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. (2 Cor. 5:14-15) What is the most powerful human motivation? Love! We…

Man of Sorrows: The Cry of Dereliction

There is no greater suffering or misery in life than the experience of being God-forsaken.

Devotion for April 16, 2025

All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. (Rom. 3:23-24) If all we do is teach people to be good, they’ll inevitably think that their relationship with God is a consequence of their behavior. But…

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