Category: Devotional Thoughts
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Matthew: The Most Jewish Gospel
Matthew, the gospel written by a despised tax collector, is also the most Jewish gospel—full of prophecy, dreams, and echoes of Israel’s story. Discover how Matthew points to Jesus as the promised Messiah.
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Day 270: Prayer Under Pressure (Nehemiah 6:9)
Nehemiah’s quick battlefield prayers remind us that God hears both epic psalms and desperate cries. Prayer under pressure doesn’t depend on eloquence—it depends on the God who hears.
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Day 267: Esther, Alcohol, and the Holiday Baptists Wouldn’t Invent (Esther 9:17-20)
Purim celebrates one of Scripture’s great reversals: mourning turned to gladness and threatened destruction turned to feasting. But some Purim traditions—especially the ones involving alcohol—might make a few Baptists clutch their pearls.
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Day 262: Why the Second Temple Was So… Meh (Haggai 2:3)
Why was the second temple so unimpressive compared to Solomon’s? Spurgeon saw something deeper at work: its lesser glory was preparing the way for a far greater glory—Christ Himself.
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Day 260: Planted in Babylon (Ezra 3:8)
Zerubbabel—“Planted in Babylon”—shows how God can grow beauty from exile. Even in hard seasons, He plants hope and brings forth Christ.
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Day 253: The Return of God’s Glory (Ezekiel 43:1-5)
Through the Bible: Ezekiel 43-45