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Tag: John

Stop Grumbling!

by: barbara.rickaby@wls.edu Aug 17, 2015Grow In Grace Notes Devotions0

Dear Brothers, As the gospel for these weeks walk us through John 6, we can note many connections between what happens near Capernaum and what happened during Israel's journey through the wilderness. In next Sunday's ...

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The Far Greater Protection

by: barbara.rickaby@wls.edu May 14, 2015Grow In Grace Notes Devotions0

  Dear Brothers, It is sad that Ascension Day is for so many the forgotten church festival (perhaps even passing too easily from our own radar screens?). There's the glorious Jn 14:1-4 ascension truth Josua ...

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Didymus’s Twin

by: barbara.rickaby@wls.edu Apr 9, 2015Grow In Grace Notes Devotions0

  Dear Brothers, I think poor Thomas gets a bum rap. There's not one of the Eleven who believed without seeing. Luke reports that not one of them believed the women's eye witness testimony. None ...

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Zeal for the Smallest Temple

by: barbara.rickaby@wls.edu Mar 12, 2015Grow In Grace Notes Devotions0

  Dear Brothers, "Zeal for your house will consume me" (John 2:17). Were the disciples stunned when they saw animals bleating and coins rolling? The Spirit doesn't say, but John does tell us Psalm 69 ...

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Divine Communication

by: barbara.rickaby@wls.edu Jun 12, 2014Grow In Grace Notes Devotions0

Dear Brother, "He will not speak of his own; he will speak only what he hears" (John 16:13). Did you catch the glimpse of an astounding mystery of the interaction of the persons of the ...

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Voice Lessons

by: barbara.rickaby@wls.edu May 8, 2014Grow In Grace Notes Devotions0

Dear Brother, How are your voice lessons going? "His sheep follow him because they know his voice" (John 10:4). One way to summarize our calling as God's children is to speak of it as voice ...

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Even Now

by: barbara.rickaby@wls.edu Apr 10, 2014Grow In Grace Notes Devotions0

Dear Brothers, "On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days" (John 11:17). Impeccable timing? Impeccably poor, it seemed. Jesus knowingly delayed so as to arrive when all ...

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Word Made Flesh

by: barbara.rickaby@wls.edu Jan 6, 2014Grow In Grace Notes Devotions0

Dear Brothers, In Dangerous Calling David Tripp warns every pastor of losing his awe of God. Tripp quotes an address by Benjamin Warfield: Other men, oppressed by the hard conditions of life, sunk in the ...

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Incredible Patience

by: barbara.rickaby@wls.edu Apr 7, 2013Grow In Grace Notes Devotions0

Dear Brothers, Patience! Incredible patience! Incredible patience with doubting disciples. That's what strikes me each year on Easter 2 as the Gospel shows Jesus dealing with doubting Thomas. Perhaps that strikes me so strongly because ...

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