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The greatest thing Jesus ever said
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Some people have a way with words. They just have such a grasp of language and an eloquence of speech that they are always saying things that are deeply profound. Jesus was a person like that. All through the years of His recorded ministry, one thing about…
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Aggression in Recession Part 3
BY GREG CRUM “Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the…
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A season for everything
BY DAWN REED My beloved spoke words to me this week that cut me to the quick. I was minding my own business, not bothering anybody, when he announced, “I believe it’s time to take down the Christmas decorations.” I did not respond. I hate this time of year: the un-decorating of all things Christmas.…
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Defending God
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH At Ohio State University, a Christian pastor was a guest on their weekly open forum radio talk show. The host was an atheist. From the start, the callers were antagonistic. They could feel the tension as soon as the lines lit up. One angry woman caller said, “All…
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Aggression in Recession Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be…
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The hot cocoa do-over
BY DAWN REED Very early Sunday morning, I burned the hot chocolate. Two cups of sugar, one cup of cocoa, four dashes of salt, one cup of water, and 3 teaspoons of vanilla came to a boil and, before I knew it, began to smoke. Burnt cocoa is the worst. The stench filled the kitchen.…
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More Beyond
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 2 Corinthians 5:8: “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” We are told that when we leave these bodies, we go immediately into the presence of the Lord. As soon as death causes this…
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Aggression in Recession
BY GREG CRUM “And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar…Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. And the man waxed…
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Learning from the wise men
BY DAWN REED Jan. 6 was the 12th day of Christmas, Three Kings Day, Epiphany, and Old Christmas all rolled into one. This special day celebrates the arrival of the wise men in the Christmas story (Matthew 2). I’m glad to have a specific time to appreciate those sages who traveled a great distance to…
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Craving the Kingdom of God
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH A young lady is uncomfortable about her spiritual life. She believes in God, belongs to a Christian church, attends the church’s weekly service, and gives offerings, yet still feels emptiness and confusion. • She sat on the church’s pew until the preacher pronounced the benediction, yet she could…
Category: Devotionals
