Devotionals
Playing Your Role in God’s Redemptive Narrative
Read: Acts 1:1-5 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach . . . (v. 1) Luke’s first book, the
Michael Andres October 31, 2025
Read: Acts 1:1-5 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach . . . (v. 1) Luke’s first book, the
Read: Ephesians 1 In love he predestined us. (vv. 4-5) Paul says that “in love” God predestined us. Predestined love. Is it possible to plan for love? Predestined love is
Read: Matthew 10:26-33 Not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. (v. 29) Why does the language “act of God” refer to disasters? Apparently, insurance
Read: Ephesians 1 According to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace. (vv. 5-6) In an essay titled “First and Second Things,” C. S. Lewis once
Read: Ephesians 2:11-22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. (v. 22) As soon as we are born we cling
Read: Ephesians 2:4-10 For by grace you have been saved . . . it is the gift of God. (v. 8) Imagine if one were to speak the gospel to
Read: 1 Corinthians 4:6-7 Do not go beyond what is written. (v. 6 NIV) When buying a car, you may look to CARFAX, Consumer Reports, or your mechanic to make
Read: Psalm 119:129-136 The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. (v. 130) Children are skilled at selective listening, pretending not to hear their parents’
Read: Hebrews 1:1-3 Sustaining all things by his powerful word. (v. 3 NIV) Emile Cailliet was an agnostic during World War I who had a strange longing for “a book