Read John 9:8-12 Devo Thought: While Julie and I lived in Starkville, we attended First Baptist Church. We were active and involved in the life of our small group (a young married class) and in the...  Read More

Read John 9:6-7 Devo Thought: I remember, when I was working at my first job, my boss told me to go and clean up an area at the back of the store. He didn’t give me all the details of why he needed...  Read More

Read John 9:3-5 Devo Thought: Anybody ever heard of an auto stereogram? An auto stereogram is a a 2D image that creates an optical illusion of a 3D scene. These are the pictures that you must stare...  Read More

Good Morning Church Family – Journey Through JohnRead John 9:1-2 Devo Thought: Have you found yourself looking at someone else’s situation and thinking I wonder what they did to bring this on themselv...  Read More

Yesterday, we looked at the passage where Jesus pointed out that the crowd of religious leaders aren’t really children of Abraham. Instead, they have a different father altogether, and they won’t like...  Read More

Have you ever heard of the etymological fallacy? A fallacy is a mistake in our logic or thinking. Specifically, the etymological fallacy is the mistake that a word’s meaning comes from its origin inst...  Read More

In this passage, we have a continued interaction between Jesus and the religious leaders. They keep thinking that they know who he is, and Jesus keeps assuring them that they don’t know who he is. Jes...  Read More

Just as there had been a water pouring ceremony at the Feast of Tabernacles, there was also a candle lighting ceremony. The Jewish texts that describe the ceremony don’t reveal the meaning of the cere...  Read More

esterday, we read about a woman who was caught in the act of sin (specifically adultery), and instead of a death sentence, she receives grace from Jesus. I left the very last sentence out yesterday be...  Read More

There are times in Scripture where someone in one of the stories very clearly stands as a representative of all of us. In this passage, the woman caught in adultery is this person. Her accusers bring ...  Read More

Questions are incredibly useful in helping people communicate. They invite clarification. They allow for elaboration. Sometimes, they even expose and reveal motivation. In this passage today, a charac...  Read More

There is a scene in the movie Saving Private Ryan where the character Captain Miller, played by Tom Hanks, reveals where he is from and what his former profession was before leaving to fight in World ...  Read More