Stronger Together in Jesus
ROLAANT MCKENZIE In the last book of The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle, a wicked ape named Shift persuaded a naïve donkey called Puzzle to […]
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Category: Devotional
Who Shall Separate Us?
MARTIN CAREY Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? (Romans 8:35) The Adventist message […]
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Filleted by God’s Word
DARREL CARSON This time of year I get up around midnight to put wood on the fire. Sometimes I go right back to sleep, and other times, I lay there […]
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Eternal, Immortal, Invisible God
KELSIE PETERSEN I‘m nothing if not human, of that I am sure. As the deadline for this piece neared, I noticed that I was feeling an increasing sense of futility […]
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Anniversary Reflections on Cancer and Covid
COLLEEN TINKER Today is Richard’s and my wedding anniversary. I would marry him again in a heartbeat. Ours is a second marriage for both of us, and statistics stacked the deck […]
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Jesus Has the Monopoly on Victory
ROLAANT MCKENZIE Many of us, whether we live in the United States or one of many other countries around the world, have heard of the board game called Monopoly or […]
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Our Shepherd Keeps Us
Have you noticed the news lately? Of course you have. We hear of horrible acts of violence and lawlessness almost every day now. I propose to you that our world needs […]
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Led By the Spirit of Adoption
Romans 8 has been called the greatest chapter in the Bible for good reason. In 39 verses, it describes the Christian life with a sweeping eternal perspective, building up our […]
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He Leads Us Through, Not Around
It’s only a week into 2021, and it seems that the hope for the new year to be a source of relief from the difficulties that marked 2020 is dimming […]
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Thanking God for Jesus in Stressful Times
ROLAANT MCKENZIE There are some years that are particularly challenging, where multiple situations and events arise that are overwhelming to the soul. 2020 is such a year. Pandemic fears have […]
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11. Galatians 2:11–13
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For prior to the coming of certain men from James, he used to eat […]
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10. Galatians 2:5–10
But we did not yield in subjection to them for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. But from those who were of […]
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9. Galatians 2:1–4
Then after an interval of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. It was because of a revelation that I went up; and […]
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8. Galatians 1:17-24
Superabundant proof What Paul is doing in these verses is similar to what I used to do when I was in sales. If someone brought up an objection to what […]
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7. Galatians 1:10–17
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not […]
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