The following is a tribute to my beloved dog, Callie. These are my thoughts as I went through the first day without her (May 20, 2024), following fourteen years of her unconditional love. Our final moments together, May 19, 2024 You weren't there today. You weren't there when I awakened in the middle of the …
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Balancing Strength and Love
(The following is the July 29 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read 1 Corinthians 16 and pay close attention to verses 13-14.) How do we show strength and love simultaneously? How do we maintain biblical convictions while still loving people in a culture increasingly hostile to biblical …
Christians, Love One Another
(The following is the April 22 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read John 13 and pay close attention to verses 34-35.) Is the love shared between Christians so strong that it is evident to all, including non-Christians? It should be. Jesus said, “I give you a new command: Love one another. …
Love God and Love Others
(The following is the January 28 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Matthew 22 and pay close attention to verses 34-40.) Pharisees tested Jesus by asking, “Which command in the law is the greatest?” (v. 36). Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, …
Good Advice From Someone You’ve Never Heard Of
Around the year 1627 a German Lutheran theologian named Rupertus Meldenius wrote a small tract on the subject of Christian unity. The tract was written, according to an article by Dr. Mark Ross, "during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), a bloody time in European history in which religious tensions played a significant role." From that …
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