Category: Grow In Grace Notes Devotions

I love the first four Sundays in Easter. On Easter we marvel at the words of the angels, “He has risen just as he said!” The following week we anticipate and rejoice in Thomas’ response, ...

“A pastor needs to be reading his Bible and the newspaper every day. Then in his preaching and teaching he will be able to bring the Word of God to bear on the events and ...

As much as I would like the people around me to think that my life is happy, healthy, and joyfully productive, there are reminders everywhere (it seems) that my life is a mess. My house, ...

Last year our seminary family gathered for worship in the gymnasium; this year, in the chapel. There is a noticeable difference in the acoustics between the two buildings. The songs in the chapel sound beautiful ...

My dear brothers in pastoral ministry, It’s been my honor to serve you the past 18 months as director of Grow in Grace. A particular honor of this calling was writing Grace Notes, meant to ...

Profound truth: “It’s incredibly valuable for you that Daniel 12 comes after Daniel 1-11.” Perhaps you’re thinking, “It is?!” It is! Daniel 10-11 contains an amazing prophecy, in which God allows Daniel to see, sometimes ...

“Get behind me, Satan!” (Mark 8:33) Can you imagine how Peter would have felt when Jesus directed those words at him? Wow! If I’d been Peter, I would have wanted to crawl under a rock! ...

So, how many changes have you seen over the course of your life? As I think about my lifetime, I can’t help but think, “Wow! There have been so many changes!”    The reality is, ...

            "I can’t do this anymore!” Do you guess that Elijah might have said those words, or felt that way? That sure seems to be a fair rendition of what he says in 1Kings 19:4, ...

Do we love preaching predestination? Or does it perhaps scare us, or intimidate us, or at least cause us to pause? I’ll confess some of the latter. That seems reasonable, doesn’t it? After all, predestination ...