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Reflections
Reflections brings together thoughtful, devotional pieces that consider Scripture, experience, and discipleship with care and honesty. These articles dwell on the personal side of faith, drawing lessons from everyday life, prayer, struggle, and growth, and offering readers encouragement, perspective, and space to think more deeply about their walk with God.
April 25, 2022
As they’d agreed, they meet while it’s still dark. A few of them have brought what spices they’ve been able to locate. Quietly, they take the short walk out of the city to the cemetery. The moon is going down as the sunrise begins.
April 25, 2022
We probably all have a pretty good idea what "predestination" is not. It is not “eternal security;" it is not “once saved, always saved.” But the question here is, what does it mean?
April 21, 2022
When Jesus says he will cast out the ruler of “this world” he’s talking specifically about the Jewish world, not the world in general.
April 12, 2022
Do we feel like aliens and exiles, with our citizenship elsewhere?
April 8, 2022
“My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king…”
April 5, 2022
“We are all brothers!” has been a frequent cry of both Russians and Ukrainians. History, ethnicity, culture, and language proves this to be true.
March 31, 2022
“O YHWH, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” Thus begins, and ends, Psalm 8—one of the loveliest passages in scripture.
March 24, 2022
Martha gets a bad rap. Many commentaries on Martha paint her as the woman whose heart was centered on displaying her culinary prowess to her guests. She is compared to her sister Mary, who chose to sit and listen to the words of Jesus. In the human spirit of comparison, we pit these two sisters against each other and then pick sides.
March 24, 2022
Job had a lifelong mission: “Till I die, I will not put away mine integrity from me.” (Job 27:6 ESV).
March 24, 2022
Pedro read every piece of literature sent. He understood and fully agreed to what he read. God's plan for salvation and the gospel became clear to him and he was no more confused.
March 24, 2022
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. (John 6:44).¹