(The following is the November 25 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read 1 John 5 and pay close attention to verses 8-11.) Dramas usually contain a mixture of morally good and evil characters. As the story unfolds, conflict arises between the sides. We are often unsure how the story …
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You Are Not Hopeless
(The following is the February 9 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Mark 1 and pay close attention to verses 23-28.) Jesus cast out demons several times in his earthly ministry. On one occasion, when Jesus was teaching in a synagogue, a man with an unclean spirit shouted, …
Evil Is Real, and It Hates God’s Truth
(The following is the May 15 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Acts 7 and pay close attention to verses 54-60.) If members of the Sanhedrin had been open to the gospel, Stephen’s testimony would have pierced their hearts and consciences. Instead, they were enraged at him (v. 54). …
Calling Evil Good and Good Evil
(The following is the January 13 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Matthew 12 and pay close attention to verses 22-24.) Isaiah wrote in the 700s B.C., “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter …
Loving Darkness Rather Than Light
(The following is the April 9 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read John 3 and pay close attention to verses 19-21.) In 2010 Time published an article about a research study that appeared in Psychological Science. Researchers from the University of Toronto and the University of North …
