Abundant Life
After the garden incident with Adam and Eve, God wasn’t going to let us stay separated from Him. Even though things got worse (the great flood in Genesis 6) before they got better (when God began calling people to walk with Him, starting in Genesis 12), God has been...
TEEN DEVO: #tpoCriiy!
Of all the miracles in the Bible, in your opinion, what is the best (or your favorite) display of God’s power? Or, if you can’t decide, what are your top three? Digging In You’ve gotta admit, God has a lot of power. But His daily go-to power isn’t seen in...
An Authentic Lifestlye
Authentic, adjective, not false or copied; genuine; real I admit that I enjoy a good-natured prank from time to time. So when I found myself in possession of a sleeve of Starbucks coffee cups I knew I had a golden opportunity. I invited a couple students to...
Would Jesus Leave Room for Cream?
John 11 teaches us a lot about Jesus. And while it may not specifically answer whether Jesus would leave room for cream, it does paint a picture of Jesus and his Starbucks tribe, which in turns paints a picture of Jesus and us. John 11 is most famous for the...
Walking in Belief
Is the following question a fair question? If you believe in something (a cause, a principle, a law of physics), but that belief doesn’t change your behavior or thinking, do you really believe in that something? To add a little insight to that question: We show...
4 Reasons You Can Trust the Bible
Today, perhaps more than ever, we hear questions about or objections to the Bible. And let’s be honest, a book that is thousands of years old, written by different people in different cultures and languages can generate a lot of skepticism. So, how do we know we can...
Gaining Courage
Just a few weeks after Jesus’ resurrection, the Holy Spirit rocked the world of the new believers in Acts 2. In Acts 3, the apostles began performing some of the same miracles that Jesus had done. This included healing a lame man in the “name of Jesus”---a name that...
#TrendingTruth
As I write this devotion, the following topics are trending on Twitter; #GalaxyS6, #voteonedirection, #kca. If you’re not on Twitter this might look like code, so here is the easiest way to explain it: these are topics Twitter users are tweeting right now. “Trending”...
Three People You Need in Your Life
It’s easy for new believers in Christ to feel a bit overwhelmed. “Where do I go from here?” “What does God want from me?” “How does following Jesus impact my everyday life?” Maybe these questions, and a host of others, are running through your mind as you embark on...
Three Lies About Prayer
As Christians, we know a lot of truth about prayer and its effects, but we can still fall prey to common misconceptions. Sometimes praying to God feels lonely or like a duty. Sometimes, we only reach out when we need help out of a jam. What if God wasn’t just waiting...
The Scoop on Believing
In English we have a lot of words for “believe” (“think,” “feel,” and “know” are just a few). But the Greek language (the language of the New Testament) has just one word for “believe” (“pisteuo,” pronounced peh-STEW-oh). This Greek word means believing with...
Just EXACTLY Who Is Jesus?
Within the first 100 years after Jesus’ ministry, a lot of talk about Him was still going around. Some of it was inaccurate (hmmm…imagine that!). To help people sort out the information, there was a need to get the Truth down on “paper”—and voila!—the New Testament...