Devotional Not every hard season looks like a crisis. Sometimes it is just the wind. Day after day, you push forward, and day after day, something pushes back. The disciples on that boat were not sinking. They were simply straining. Mark says they were making headway...
Devotional Most of us know what it feels like to give everything we have and still be asked for more. The disciples had preached, healed, cast out demons, and helped feed thousands of people. By the time Jesus told them to get in the boat, they were already exhausted....
Devotional He could do no mighty work there. Not that He would not. Not that He did not want to. He could not, because the people had closed themselves off through familiarity and unbelief. That is one of the most sobering statements in all of Scripture. And it is a...
Devotional Most of us approach the Bible as something we read. We open it, take in the words, maybe underline a verse, and close it. But Scripture has a way of turning that around on us. The Bible is not simply a collection of ancient wisdom or moral guidelines. It is...
Devotional Let’s be honest. The Gospel is offensive. It tells every person, regardless of background or achievement, that they have fallen short and cannot save themselves. It declares that Jesus is the only way. In any culture, in any era, those are not easy...
Devotional Naaman was a powerful military general with a serious problem. He traveled a great distance seeking healing, and when the prophet’s instructions came, he was furious. He had expected something dramatic. Instead, he was told to wash in a river seven...
