(The following is the March 6 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Luke 3 and pay close attention to verses 7-14.) When John the Baptist told people to “produce fruit consistent with repentance” (v. 8), several asked what they should do. John replied, “The one who has two …
Tag: Repentance
Everyone Who Calls on Jesus Will Be Saved
(The following is the June 26 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Romans 10 and pay close attention to verses 9-13.) “For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (v. 13). This is fantastic news. Applying this truth to ourselves means that no past sin should …
Surrendering to Christ
(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 …
A God of Second Chances
(The following is the May 4 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read John 21 and pay close attention to verses 15-19.) After denying Jesus three times before the crucifixion, Peter wept bitterly (Luke 22:62). He must have wondered how he could have failed so horribly. But Jesus …
Killing Terrorists – Cause For Joy?
Friday night I watched the evening news broadcast from ABC. One of the stories was of the U. S. drone strike in Pakistan that killed a terrorist leader. In reporting the story, ABC's Brian Ross quoted an unnamed government official as saying "Life is good" in response to the news that the terrorist was killed. …
