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Hope In A Hopeless World

Contributed by Matt Skiles on Mar 14, 2024

Christian believers can have HOPE even in a HOPELESS World.

INTRODUCTION: Quote: “We can live forty days without food, eight days without water, four minutes without air, but only a few seconds without hope”....How do we understand and therefore respond to the kind of world we are living in today? Our world is experiencing an uncertain time, a defining ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:8-15, Proverbs 13:12, Titus 1:1-2, Colossians 1:27, Matthew 24:6-8, Romans 8:35-39, Psalm 65:5, Romans 5:1-5, Ephesians 2:12-13  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

17 The Prayer For Mercy Series

Contributed by Michael Collins on Nov 11, 2020

The devotion is about the prayer by the sailors before they threw Jonah overboard so as to bring a calm to the sea.

# 17 – The Prayer for Mercy Jonah 1:14 – “Therefore they cried out to the LORD and said, “We pray, O LORD, please do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O LORD, have done as it pleased You.” “Therefore they cried out to the LORD…” In our last ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:14, Matthew 27:24, Matthew 24:9-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Rebuke To Forgiveness-Only Salvation

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Sep 30, 2025

This is a challenging passage. Surely Paul doesn't mean that we have to actually live like that?! What it all points us to is a false gospel that is too often preached today - "forgiveness-only" belief. What does this passage tell us about what real salvation looks like?

A COMMON BELIEF TODAY: I am “saved” and unchanged. - Matthew 7:15-20; Matthew 7:24-27; Luke 13:6-9; John 15:8. - This passage makes us uncomfortable. It sounds harsh and unrealistic. We will delve into how we are to understand it as we move forward. - A good place to start is a major reason why ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Zacchaeus

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jan 10, 2021

There is hope for everyone, even crooked tax-collectors!

There is hope for everyone, even crooked tax-collectors! We’ve all heard the story of Zacchaeus in Sunday School; it’s a favorite, and raises a smile or two. Just a few days before the crucifixion, Jesus visits Jericho. It was an important center of commerce. King Herod had a palace there. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: Congregational

A Steadfast Faith Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 7, 2021

It is easy to start the race, but the finish is what really matters, and so it is in the Christian life. It is one thing to start on the way, and another thing to keep going all the way. What we really need is not starting power but staying power,

To make no gain for one’s labor is a perfectly natural cause for disappointment. Jesus knew this feeling often as His disciples failed to grasp His teaching, and especially when Judas betrayed Him. Paul knew it well when he wrote with a saddened heart that Demas had forsaken him. Many have ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 3:5-8

The Day Of Judgment Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 7, 2021

We must open our spiritual eyes and recognize that there are thousands of victories being won everyday around the world. We are referring to the victories of light over darkness. The Christian must balance his pessimism concerning the world with his optimism concerning the kingdom of God.

The optimist says the world is everyday in every way getting better and better. The pessimist says the world isn’t what it used to be, but is going to the dogs. The Christian realist says they are both right, because there are two kingdoms of reality. There is the world order, or that realm in ...read more

Can A Christian Be Cursed Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 23, 2021

Paul uses the strongest language he ever used in this passage, and we need to ask some questions about it.

The war between the states ended as it did in large measure because of Stonewall Jackson's defeat by his own men. Jackson was fighting brilliantly, and he had the entire Eleventh Union Corps on the run. He then planned his strategy for the final blow. He was within half a mile of the one road ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 1:8

Satanic Separatism Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 26, 2021

It is significant to note that the antichrists were not outsiders, but were those who were within, but who then went out of the church. This makes sense, for false doctrines seldom have their origins outside the church

Harry Emerson Fosdick has much thinking that is not acceptable to the evangelical Christian, but he also has many valuable insights that make his writings of real worth. One of his ideas is that a man should not be judged so much by the position he is in, as by the direction in which he is ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:19

How Not To Be A Juvenile Delinquent Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 2, 2021

Many atheistic professors are charming, witty and intelligent, and they influence many students to follow the path of unbelief. Atheism would never attract them, but the atheist can and does.

A father and his son were riding in a trolley car and the father decided to have fun with his boy. He lifted his cap off his head and pretended to throw it out of the window. The boy started to cry, but the father solved the problem by snapping his fingers and producing the cap before the boy. ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 1:10-11

The Paths Of Righteousness Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 2, 2021

In every issue of life the believer has only one question to answer to determine the will of God, and that is, what is right and just? Not, what is the majority for, or what is best for the majority, or what is best for me and my group, but what is just?

A study of God's nature as just and righteous leads to the conclusion that one of our popular explanations of things is not true. We have all heard the saying that God loves the sinner but hates the sin. It sounds good and seems to be a helpful way of explaining God's attitude to man. ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 2:8-9

The 7 Mountains Of Influence In Society: Education, Religion, & Media Series

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 5, 2021

I’d like to talk with you today about the 7 mountains of influence in society. I’m super excited about going through this teaching with you, it’s a great biblical teaching, it originates with teachers like Francis Schaeffer and Bill Bright.

I’d like to talk with you today about the 7 mountains of influence in society. I’m super excited about going through this teaching with you, it’s a great biblical teaching, it originates with teachers like Francis Schaeffer and Bill Bright. And we’re gonna look at the seven key areas of society ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15

Denomination: Salvation Army

31 - The Divine Reasoning Series

Contributed by Michael Collins on Feb 16, 2021

This is the 31st and final devotion in a series called, 'The Church Called Jonah.'

# 31 – The Divine Reasoning Jonah 4:10-11 - “But the Lord said, ‘You have had pity on the plant for which you have not laboured, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night, and should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:10-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

1 Thessalonians 3 Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Jun 8, 2022

To mature as a Christian, everyone needs to apprentice with a strong guide who offers good instruction, insight and continual prayer.

Last week, we discovered following Jesus requires sacrifice and to expect someone close to betray you as you traverse the pathway to be more like Jesus. This week, we look at how Paul was a spiritual parent to these believers. How apropos for this mother’s day don’t you think? He loved them so ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13, 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13, James 1:2-4  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The King And His Kingdom Of Light (2004)

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Oct 23, 2022

In Colosse, the community to whom the apostle Paul wrote the New Testament Epistle we know today as Colossians, Paul was addressing the concerns of those who were being led astray by false teachers.

THE KING AND HIS KINGDOM OF LIGHT Text: Colossians 1:11-20 Probably everyone remembers the story of the Pied Piper. It is a story---- a German legend about a musician who lived in a town called Hamelin. As the story goes, the Pied Piper, played his flute and got the rats of the ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:11-20

Denomination: United Methodist

Abc - The Building Blocks Of Faith - Belief Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Apr 8, 2024

Belief is a sense of certainty that Jesus is true and trustworthy

Today we continue a 12 week series entitled, The ABC’s of faith. The larger idea is based on the idea that we learn over time through an exploration process of success and failure. Everything we come to know and understand is built over time on the foundation of trial and error. We learned last ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-11, Romans 10:9-10, James 2:19, Luke 23:41, Acts 8:36, Acts 16:31, Matthew 7:21-23  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational