(The following is the March 3 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Luke 1 and pay close attention to verses 1-4.) What news sources do you consider reliable? While people’s preferred public media sources may vary, we usually trust what close friends and family tell us. Why? We have relationships with …
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The Truth Trap
(The following is the February 26 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Mark 12 and pay close attention to verses 13-17.) When some Pharisees and Herodians asked Jesus about paying taxes to Caesar, they tried to trap him (v. 13). They wanted to trick him into saying something that would get …
Ways to Speak the Truth
(The following is the January 3 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Matthew 3 and pay close attention to verses 7-10.) John the Baptist didn’t win any congeniality awards. He was blunt from the early days of his public baptisms through his final days in prison, speaking the truth to immoral …
Our Unchanging God
(The following is the October 30 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Hebrews 13 and pay close attention to verse 8.) “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (v. 8). How wonderful is it that we serve an unchanging God? How comforting is it to know that the God …
Test All Things; Hold On to What Is Good
(The following is the September 20 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read 1 Thessalonians 5 and pay close attention to verses 12-22.) As Paul ended 1 Thessalonians, he gave several brief appeals, including, “Don’t despise prophecies, but test all things. Hold on to what is good” (vv. 20-21). Bible scholars disagree …
