Category Archives: Daily Devotions

I find myself defending my liberal stance among conservatives in North America, and I also find myself defending my conservative stance with liberals.  The truth is that I try hard not to be conservative or liberal – firstly I try to be biblical … Continue reading →

“If I could turn back time …” is a popular motif in songs that show longing or regret.  The passage of time carries us along like a boat sailing downstream.  We can not control time – we do not exist … Continue reading →

The Buddha was right in some regards.  He took a path that was similar to the one explained in Ecclesiastes.  He did not look to heaven as much as he looked to reality, and in seeing the reality of the world … Continue reading →

If you take the morning vapor and look at it as it settles in the valley, it is just a brief time and it is gone.  It is beautiful but it is fleeting.  By mid afternoon all of that moisture … Continue reading →

the writer of Ecclesiastes is popularly thought of as Solomon.  This is mostly because of his wisdom and his life experience.  However, the experiences reported in Ecclesiastes are broader than he could have had.  It is better to think of … Continue reading →

Meaningless, meaningless! This is the oft quoted phrase from Ecclesiastes.  However, if everything is meaningless doesn’t that mean that the book itself is meaningless?  The philosopher who wrote Ecclesiastes was not a nihilist.  He actually had a perspective on life … Continue reading →

Browse back through the book of John and answer the following questions: Questions Why do you think some theologians divide John into the Book of Signs and the Book of Glory? Do you think John 1 and John 21 are … Continue reading →

The last chapter in the gospel of John has two key narratives revolving around two animals:  fish and sheep. The fish story is generally accepted to foreshadow the evangelistic work of the church.  The sheep story foreshadows the pastoral work … Continue reading →

The apostle John wants us to believe.  He wants us to believe that Jesus rose from the dead and that Jesus gave his Holy Spirit to his followers.  He lays out the evidence for the empty tomb, he had seen … Continue reading →

It is ironic that Jesus is the crucified king.  It is ironic that Pontius Pilate should acknowledge that Jesus is King of the Jews probably to spite the Jews.  In so doing the man who asked, “What is truth?” declares a … Continue reading →