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Click here to read 2 Corinthians 11 on BibleGateway.com “I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes…
Click here to read Ruth 1 on BibleGateway.com “So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite.” Ruth 1:22 Q: What do Ivan the Terrible, Winnie the Pooh and Oscar the Grouch have in common? A: The same middle name.*…
Click here to read Judges 4 on BibleGateway.com “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the Lord gone ahead of you?” – Judges 4:14 During today’s performance at the EverydayDevotions Theatre, we present the…
Click here to read Isaiah 51 on BibleGateway.com Listen to me, you who know right from wrong, you who cherish my law in your hearts. Do not be afraid of people’s scorn, nor fear their insults – Isaiah 51:7 Why do…
Click here to read Revelation 20 on BibleGateway.com Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth… to gather them for battle. – Revelation 20: 7-8 We…
Click here to read Deuteronomy 22 on BibleGateway.com Deuteronomy 22:2: If you see your fellow Israelite’s ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it but be sure to take it back to its owner. If they do not live near you or…
Click here to read Psalm 108-109 on BibleGateway.com I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Back in…
Click here to read Isaiah 47 on BibleGateway.com All the counsel you have received has only worn you out! – Isaiah 47:13 From whence cometh wisdom? From thither once-unknown Hollywood stars? Yea, yonder unto the CNN.com? The Holy and Undefiled…
Click here to read Numbers 25 on BibleGateway.com Numbers 25:11 – “Phineas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites since he was as zealous for my honor among them as…
Click here to read Numbers 5 on BibleGateway.com Numbers 5: 6 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the Lord is guilty.” The Christian life is remarkably easy to describe. Oh, you…
Click here to read Leviticus 19 on BibleGateway.com Have you ever considered the emphasis we place on efficiency in our culture? We constantly strive to do more, do it faster, and add even more. One of the fastest selling categories…
Click here to read Acts 10 on BibleGateway.com If you have spent much time talking with non-Christians, or anyone who is questioning God, it’s surprising how often simply reading the Bible can clear up people’s questions. Too often, people get…
Click here to read Matthew 7 on BibleGateway.com If you have ever been a youth pastor or teacher (or even perhaps a teenager yourself at some point in the distant past), you have seen the fascinating mating rituals of the Unattractive…
Click here to read Acts 6 on BibleGateway.com Do you know what the best selling board game in the world is? No, not the Farming Game, though it should be (seriously, if you haven’t played it, go buy it today). No big…
Click here to read Ezra 5 on BibleGateway.com Back in the yesteryear when you were younger, you may have come home from a hard day of sitting in a school desk pretending to listen to a teacher, when lo and behold, to what…
Click here to read Genesis 4 on BibleGateway.com Back in the Middle Ages, around 1960 or so, America was a deeply divided nation. Brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend. There were fights on the streets, and some people look…
Click here to read Acts 3 on BibleGateway.com There you are, silently, trying not even to breathe. You can hear them coming down the hall, stumbling a little with morning grogginess. You wait…wait…wait as they draw closer and closer to your hiding…
Click here to read Matthew 2 on BibleGateway.com Man is competitive by nature. You doubt? Next time you see a bunch of guys sitting around in the office, throw a piece of crumpled up paper in between two of them…
Click here to read Ezra 1 on BibleGateway.com Let us sing together: it’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas, with the greed and the family squabbling and the hand-knitted sweaters and the fruitcake. Be honest; do…
Click here to read Zechariah 4 on BibleGateway.com Admit it, it’s the little things that drive you crazy. When you spot a parking space in the good row, only to see some punk in his Hummer take your spot, plus…
Click here to read James 4 on BibleGateway.com Let’s pretend for a moment that you don’t get along with someone. That may be tough to imagine, since you may get along with everyone you know (coughbaloneycough), but for the sake…
Click here to read Psalm 112 on BibleGateway.com Life is full of little frustrations. The guy in front of you in line gets the last pudding cup at the deli. They close your lane at the checkout right when you…
Click here to read Daniel 3 on BibleGateway.com The ole fiery furnace. What a classic. Three men, defiantly standing before the king, standing up to The Man, standing up for their rights in the face of tyranny and religious oppression….
Click here to read I Kings 12 on BibleGateway.com Admittedly, bashing our culture is pretty much the bread-and-butter of bloggers Net-wide. It seems like any moron can pick an issue or two, write some gibberish online about it, and get…
Click here to read Acts 22 on BibleGateway.com As Christians, one of of our more direct commands from Jesus is to share his teachings with others. As per the norm in our capitalistic utopia, we have interpreted this to mean…
Click here to read Acts 8 on BibleGateway.com Why is it that the right thing is always so painful? Why do you have to work so hard to work out? Why is it better to save than to spend? Why…
Click here to read Matthew 25 on BibleGateway.com We are obsessed with the idea of “fair” in our culture. Equal opportunities, equal pay, equal education, equal reward, equal everything. And yet you will not find the idea of “fair” in…
Click here to read Joshua 20-21 on BibleGateway.com Let’s admit it; sometimes reading the Old Testament is more tedious than uplifting. It’s hard to get too inspired by the various types of mold the Israelites had to clean, the number…
Click here to read Matthew 21 on BibleGateway.com Habits are hard to break. For example, at one point, a certain individual (who shall remain unnamed to protect the innocent and chubby) was polishing off a six-pack of Mt Dew every…
Click here to read Joshua 11 on BibleGateway.com Peace. We talk about it all the time in church; sometimes we even sing about it attending our souls. We love the idea of it; sitting around in our jammie pants drinking…
Click here to read Joshua 10 on BibleGateway.com Sometimes it strikes me as odd that we (as christians) will believe, or at least say we believe, the whole Bible. Do you really? Do you really believe that a grown man…
Click here to read Psalm 132-134 on BibleGateway.com Feeling a little rebellious today? I hope so. We’re gonna break the Golden Devotional Rule. Instead of looking at just one chapter, the way God intended, we’re actually going to look at…
Click here to read Isaiah 64 on BibleGateway.com Why is sin so bad? Have you ever thought about that? In a technical sense, all “sinning” really means is “missing the mark.” Ok. So you missed the mark. We all do….
Click here to read Matthew 11 on BibleGateway.com You can’t please everyone. We all know it, yet it seems that we can’t help but try. No less an authority than Bill Cosby stated that the key to failure was to…
Click here to read Matthew 10 on BibleGateway.com Today’s lesson, boys and girls, is on reading the whole Bible, rather than just our favorite verses. Case in point: Matthew 10. Jesus has many titles in the Bible: Emmanuel, Son of…
Click here to read Matthew 6 on BibleGateway.com Have you ever watched one of those award ceremonies where actors are given awards for all their hard work of pretending to be someone one else for millions of dollars? Neither have…
Click here to read Isaiah 57 on BibleGateway.com All of us have probably played the trust game at one point or another. This is the sadistic activity that comes around every once in a while at “team-building” retreats. One person…
Click here to read Psalm 119 on BibleGateway.com What is love, what does it have to do with it? Love is a difficult word for us as English speakers. Other languages, Greek for example, have multiple words for love. So,…
Click here to read Matthew 3 on BibleGateway.com John the Baptist is one of the most intriguing characters in the whole Bible. From his conception, he had a special place in God’s plans. One can even argue he was the…
Click here to read Revelation 22 on BibleGateway.com What defines you? Is it what you believe or what you do? If I say “a heatlhy lifestyle is very important to me” yet I have a subscription to Oreo Weekly –…