Scripture Reading — Acts 16:22-34The jailer . . . was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.— Acts 16:34It wasn’t a place they would have chosen to stay for the night. Yet God chose a prison cell to be the place where Paul and Silas would share the gospel.

Scripture Reading — Acts 10:1-38While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people.— Acts 10:27She walked to church regularly on Sunday mornings, and on one occasion she saw a most unlikely character. He was barely sober and headed to the liquor store. Though she might e

Scripture Reading — John 4:1-30The woman . . . said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?”— John 4:28-29It started as an ordinary day. The woman had her routine planned—including going to the well at the hottest time of day, when no one else wo

Scripture Reading — Romans 10:11-15How can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?— Romans 10:14Have you ever wondered what beautiful feet look like? A woman who walked into my office one day helped me to see that beautiful feet m

Scripture Reading — 1 Timothy 4:8-14Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.— 1 Timothy 4:12Aaron was young and active and loud. He gathered friends easily. He was also one of the first teena

Scripture Reading — Luke 10:1-11“If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you.”— Luke 10:6On my Facebook page I asked a question about how people might define “a person of peace.” I received lots of answers, and a few of those can be summarized

Scripture Reading — John 3:16-21God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.— John 3:16The newness we celebrate at the start of each year pales in comparison to the ultimate newness we receive through Christ. Eternal l