Our Daily Devotional

Think of all the different people who help us on a regular basis: doctors, nurses and therapists who help with our medical needs; teachers, librarians, and professors who help in our quest to find and

God told seventy-five-year-old Abram that he and his wife, Sarai, would at last become parents. Eleven years later, with the nursery still empty, Abram and Sarai decided to “help” God keep his promise by fathering

The encouraging story of Hagar is for everyone who’s ever felt invisible. Everything changed for this Egyptian servant when she was given by her barren mistress, Sarai, to Abram in order to conceive an heir

It’s not hard to see the appeal. Rocks are solid, protective and durable, long-lasting and strong. A giant rock (think “Gibraltar”) symbolizes everything we wish we had in life: steady beliefs, security, a solid marriage,

He is the righteous judge of the living and the dead. Such majestic attributes of power, holiness, and justice rightly fill us with reverential fear and awe. But if we see God only in these

God routinely asks His people to do the “impossible”: Love your enemies. Forgive those who have hurt you. Stop worrying. Don’t be selfish. Be joyful in trials. These sound like the right things to do.

Government agencies are lenient regarding impurities in our food supply. For example, in peanut butter there may be thirty or more insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams. Shocking, isn’t it?

Certain names have been associated with greatness. There was Alexander the Great or The Great Gatsby. Boxer Muhammad Ali was known as “the Greatest,” and hockey legend Wayne Gretzky was “the Great One.” “For the

If you’ve had a loved one die, you know the pain of grief, and you’ve also brushed up against the great mystery of life. What is this immaterial essence or spirit that animates us? Where

We’ve all seen cartoons that picture God as a robed and bearded old man, sitting on a throne, maybe leaning on a scepter for strength. Even Michelangelo’s famous painting in the Sistine Chapel, The Creation