(The following is the June 21 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Romans 6 and pay close attention to verses 15-23.) Because slavery was common in the culture at the time of writing, the New Testament uses such language to illustrate spiritual truths. When Paul contrasts life before knowing Christ with …
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God Keeps His Promises
(The following is the June 18 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Romans 4 and pay close attention to verses 13-25.) Paul repeatedly affirms Abraham’s faith and reminds the Romans that this faith “was credited to him for righteousness” (v. 22). Abraham’s faith (not his works) was why God declared him …
Is Your Life Evidence of Your Faith?
(The following is the June 10 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Acts 26 and pay close attention to verses 19-20.) Paul summarized for King Agrippa a proper response to the gospel: “that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance” (v. 20). Unbelievers must turn …
Faith and Works
(The following is the November 3 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read James 2 and pay close attention to verses 14-26.) What James and Paul write regarding the relationship between faith and works is complementary, not contradictory, as some claim. James writes, “What good is it, my brothers and …
Growing in the Faith
(The following is the May 26 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Acts 15 and pay close attention to verse 36.) Being a Christian is not only about the moment one comes to Christ. Of course, we can’t continue in a faith we haven’t yet experienced, but the Christian life begins …
