February 23, 2026
What “fire” are you currently facing? Thank the Lord that you don’t have to go through it alone. The prophet Isaiah wrote, “When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior” (Isaiah 43:2-3).
January 7, 2026
Doug Redford contrasts guided technology with misguided hearts, echoing Martin Luther King Jr.’s warning. He points to Psalm 20 and Luke 22 and calls Communion a weekly “GPS” that reorients believers to Jesus’ fulfilled mission and return.
April 6, 2023
In his fourth of six devotions in the week leading up to Easter, former editor Mark A. Taylor shares thoughts about the anguish that Mary, the Mother of Jesus, suffered . . . "Overwhelmed by Grief" (John 19:25-27).
January 30, 2023
Questions for group discussion for use with this week's lesson from Nehemiah 1:11–2:8, "Courage to Stand Up."
May 16, 2022
By Stuart Powell In John 13-16, Jesus prepared his disciples for their next big step in following him. They had left their family’s trade and their parents’ house. They spent years listening to their rabbi speak and were astonished by his authority over weather, diseases, and demons. But what came next shook their faith in God and in him. They witnessed the heart-breaking evil of this sinful world that Jesus came to face and conquer. To help prepare his disciples, Jesus spoke these words to them: “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me”
March 1, 2017
By Jim Tune The book of Job is mystery to me. It”s the story of immense suffering, unhelpful friends, few answers, but a great God. The more I look at the book, the more I see. It”s a book that”s so relevant to our times, for both those suffering and their friends. That”s all of us. For those who are suffering, Job lets us know we”re not alone. “I used to think that the book of Job is in the Bible because this story of suffering is so extreme, so rare and improbable and unusual,” says pastor and scholar Ray
March 31, 2015
By Mark A. Taylor Some preachers choose Mary as the subject for a Christmas sermon, but I”m guessing we”ve never heard an Easter sermon about the mother of Jesus. There”s good reason for this, I suppose, because Scripture barely mentions her in one crucifixion account, and omits her by name altogether in the resurrection stories. But the certain fact that she was there when Jesus died (John 19:25-27) is enough for painters and storytellers and moviemakers to include her, watching and weeping, in their crucifixion portrayals. The Scripture doesn”t describe her anguish or her tears, but we have no trouble
December 24, 2012
By Victor M. Parachin Although Mary, the mother of Jesus, became an important focus of theology and piety in the history of Christianity, she is seldom mentioned in the New Testament. Mary is never mentioned explicitly in the New Testament letters, and only once each in the books of Acts and Mark. She is involved in two stories in the Gospel of John, but the writer never identifies her by name. Yet, in Luke”s account of Jesus” birth, Mary is a bright and shining star. Luke writes eloquently about the character and strength of Mary, suggesting Mary”s words and actions
July 26, 2009
 By Derek L. Duncan In 1911 a columnist named George Hamlin Fitch wrote a book called Comfort Found in Good Old Books. In it, he described how books helped him through the devastating loss of his son. A quote in it is especially important for us as believers. After discussing things that gave him comfort, like familiar books that helped him focus on right issues (and not circumstantial tragedies that affect us all), he wrote,  No literary skill can bind up the broken hearted. No beauty of phrase can satisfy the soul that is torn by grief. No,
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