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Jon Opgenorth

Rev. Jon Opgenorth serves as president of Words of Hope. Previously, he served for 18 years as senior pastor at Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa. In preparation for ministry, he received a BA in Religion from Northwestern College, and an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary.
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Devotionals

How Good Is It?

Read: Romans 3:21-31 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested . . . (v. 21) The “but” of verse 21 pivots from the valley of our despair to

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How Bad Is It?

Read: Romans 3:1-20 No one does good, not even one. (v. 12) I needed a dentist. I knew I had problems, but not how bad my situation was. Dental visits

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The Heart of the Matter

Read: Romans 2:12-29 Circumcision is a matter of the heart . . . (v. 29) Many people bear physical symbols of their ethnic/religious traditions. South Sudanese Dinka scar the heads

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No Excuses

Read: Romans 2:1-22 Therefore you have no excuse . . . (v. 1) One of the good manners my kindergarten teacher taught was to never point a finger at another.

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Never Enough

Read: Romans 1:18-31 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie. (v. 25) How did we become experts at sin? Paul described the path sin takes once we start

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Not Ashamed

Read: Romans 1:1-17 I am eager to preach the gospel to you also. (v. 15) I can still see the joyful smiles of the men’s choir from Teen Challenge, a

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The Final Word

Read: Joshua 23:14-16 Not one word has failed of all the good things that the LORD your God promised. (v. 14) As Joshua neared the end of life, he offered

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The Main Event

Read: Acts 24:1-21 Other than this one thing that I cried out. (v. 21) Paul’s accusers called him a plague, a rioter, a cult ringleader, and a profaner of the

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Seeing Is Believing

Read: John 9:1-25 One thing I do know. (v. 25) Amid the whirlwind of questions, assumptions, and accusations, a man born blind received his sight. People in the text fixated

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