Daily Devotional
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Damn the Détente
[Jesus replied,] “I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already...
Read MoreWar Always Hurts the Poor
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? - James 2:6...
Read MoreLittle Red Hen Mode
Then [Jesus] said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few,...
Read MoreSwift Justice
Then the daughters of Zelophehad came forward. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah,...
Read MoreThe King’s Heart
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; [God] turns it wherever [God]...
Read MorePeople-Pleasing
Discussion Questions Read Hebrews 11:1-16. Then read the devotional,...
Read MoreStill Waters, Sharp Teeth
Prudent people see trouble and hide, while the simpleminded go right to it and get punished. -...
Read MoreLaboring God
From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you,...
Read MoreClingdom Come
Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. - Ruth 1:14 (NRSV) It...
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