Read: Micah 5:1-5 “And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.” Reflect: I remember watching a late-night movie on Channel 13 many years ago, back when the station still ran the “Million-Dollar Movie” between 1 and 3 AM. [...]
Read: Isaiah 52:8-10 “The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.” Reflect: In his covenant with Abraham in Genesis 12, the Lord promises that through Abraham’s descendants, all the families of the world would be [...]
Read: Genesis 3:14-15 “[H]e shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” Reflect: A lot of people face Christmas fatigue each year. The Christmas sales begin some time around Labor Day, ornaments decorate Highland Village by the time of the World Series, and stop-motion animation commercials begin immediately after Election Day. By December [...]
Read: Genesis 3:7-13 “But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, ‘Where are you?’” Reflect: If we’re not careful, there’s a temptation to think of God being caught off-guard. “Where are you, Adam?” he asks. This doesn’t sound like the all-powerful creator that we’ve just read about in the first two [...]
Read: Genesis 3:1-7 “[W]hen the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate…” Reflect: The Bible doesn’t begin in a pristine setting. Before the garden, what [...]
I am contributing to an Advent Devotional at Christ the King. I will be posting my contributions on this website as well.
