Revelation 1-5 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 “HEAVEN’S VIEW OF HISTORY” Many readers never venture past the first three chapters of the Book of Revelation in which Jesus addressed the seven churches of Asia. Many others plunge into the text with favorite commentary in hand, seeking a clue to the date of the second coming. Our format does not permit an examination of the many theories that revolve around…Keep Reading

1 John 4:18 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, December 28, 2019 “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.” The Amplified Bible says that full grown love turns fear out of doors, and then dread no longer exist. It expels every trace of terror. Have you ever been afraid of something, or…Keep Reading

2 John; 3 John THOUGHT FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 27, 2019 “DO YOU KNOW A DIOTREPHES?D” In some churches, one can be haughty and hateful and still be sound in the eyes of the self-appointed keeps of orthodoxy. Diotrephes prated against John with malicious words, refused to accept those sent by John, and put any who disagreed with him out of the church (3 John 9-10). In his own eyes, Diotrephes…Keep Reading

Song of Solomon 2:1 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, December 27, 2019 “The little foxes that spoil the vine.” We live in a world of addictions. How many people have had their world to shatter, and then say, “I wish that I had never taken that first (you can fill in the blank)? Christ was born for this: to help us be set free, and to get our life back. While visiting…Keep Reading

Psalm 39:7 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, December 26, 2019 “Now What Do We Do” It is the day after Christmas; now what do we do? Advent was so busy, Christmas preparations required a lot much of time and energy; and then it comes and goes so quickly. “We will keep it simple next year,” we say. But then we say that every year. It is the day after Christmas and tired…Keep Reading

1 John 1-5 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 26, 2019 “ETERNAL LIFE, OUR PRESENT POSSESSION OR FUTURE HOPE?” John said, “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13). One writer tried to explain away the meaning of the words, saying that what John meant was that we have eternal life in…Keep Reading

Galatians 4:4 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, December 25, 2019 “But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman…” The sun that rose on Bethlehem was the same as it was the day before. The lines still formed to register for Caesar’s taxes. The inn was full of weary travelers, and the world remained under the curse of sin; yet for Mary and Joseph, and…Keep Reading

2 Peter 1-3; Jude THOUGHT FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 25, 2019 “BUSILY WAITING FOR THE LORD” Peter says, “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed” (2 Peter 3:10). He went on: “Since all…Keep Reading

2 Timothy 1-4 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 24, 2019 “CUTTING UP YOUR BIBLE” One time my dad was discussing the Bible with a man and quoted a passage about baptism. The man replied, “That’s not in my Bible.” He was right! He had not purchased his Bible from a cut-rate publisher who failed to proof before printing; he had cut the offending passage out of his King James Bible. When…Keep Reading

Romans 14:13 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, December 24, 2019 “Judging What We Don’t Understand” The preacher was on the attack as he blasted out judgment on a businessman who was simply doing his job. His voice raised: “Someday he will realize and be sorry for his sin; he will wish that he had made a place in his heart for the Lord!” If the gospel is good news, no one was…Keep Reading

Luke 2:38 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, December 23, 2019 “They brought him (baby Jesus) up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord…and a widow came that same hour and returned thanks to God and talked of Jesus.” “Twas the Sunday before Christmas and the saints filled God’s house…” I guess you could say that visions of sugar-plums are dancing in my head, but wouldn’t it be wonderful if God’s house…Keep Reading

2 Chronicles 30:19 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, December 21, 2019 “That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.” Have you ever been called a Scrooge? That’s not all bad. I kind of like the way he ended up; and wouldn’t mind to have a Christmas spirit like that at all. Charles Dickens first gave…Keep Reading