Devotions

I've been frustrated lately with a certain head coach of a certain favorite college football team of mine, who seems to be substantially more positive then he should be. After a recently blowout loss his press conference was almost more glowing and positive then that...

John 21:18New International Version (NIV) 18 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”...

Proverbs 30:7-9 (NKJV) Two things I request of You (Deprive me not before I die): 8 Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches—Feed me with the food allotted to me; Lest I be full and deny You, And say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I be...

Have you ever had anyone ask why you were a follower of Jesus?  Maybe not directly, but you have probably had people ask you questions about your faith, or why you do something the way you do.  Was it fairly easy to give an answer for why you call yourself a...

Last week as I was getting ready to go for a run, I realized that my running shoes were in my wife vehicle.  So I put on a different pair of shoes.  Any runner knows not all shoes are created equal.  I ran less than normal and slower than normal but hurt way more.  I...

In the later part of the 16th century Spain was an international superpower, controlling vast swathes of North America. In addition to their North American holdings they had made gains in continental Europe, including control over the modern-day Netherlands. In the...