Read Genesis 37, Job 3, and Psalm 35. This devotional is about Job 3. Job received the blows of affliction well in chapters 1-2. He recognized that he was not entitled to the life he enjoyed and that God, as Sovereign, had every right to take away what he gave. That doesn’t mean, however, that […]
Genesis 34, Job 1, Psalm 33
Read Genesis 34, Job 1, and Psalm 33. This devotional is about Genesis 34. Larry Nassar went to prison in 2017 for molesting over 150 girls and young women while he was supposed to be treating them in his role as a sports medicine doctor. He is just one of many men in the news who […]
Genesis 32, Esther 8, Psalm 31
Read Genesis 32, Esther 8, Psalm 31. This devotional is about Psalm 31. During the Gulf War (the one in the early 1990s), U.S. Army General Norman Schwarzkopf held a famous press conference that made him into a celebrity. In that press conference, he showed a video of a car in Iraq crossing a bridge. […]
Genesis 20, Nehemiah 9, Psalm 19
Read Genesis 20, Nehemiah 9, and Psalm 19. This devotional is about Genesis 20. Abraham and Sarah did this, “We’re brother and sister” thing before back in Genesis 12:10-20. On that occasion, they were in Egypt; here they are in Gerar. In Genesis 12, God protected Sarah just as he did here. But this was […]
Genesis 18, Nehemiah 7, Psalm 17
Read Genesis 18, Nehemiah 7, and Psalm 17. This devotional is about Psalm 17. We don’t know the circumstances that led David to sing this prayerful song to God. Was it because Saul was pursuing him? We don’t know. What we do know is that David was distressed (vv. 1-2) and that whatever he was […]
Genesis 16, Nehemiah 5, Psalm 15
Read Genesis 16, Nehemiah 5, Psalm 15. This devotional is about Genesis 16. Genesis 15 was such a beautiful chapter about Abram’s relationship to God. After Abram saved Lot and his cohorts but refused to take any gains for himself in Genesis 14, God appeared to him in Genesis 15 and said, “Do not be […]
Genesis 12, Nehemiah 1, and Psalm 11
Read Genesis 12, Nehemiah 1, and Psalm 11, This devotional is about Genesis 12. Every large nation, every big, extended family, every large church or institution or corporation once started out as something small. Even if it scaled up quickly, it began with the idea and ambition of one person or a small group of […]
Why Easter Matters
Why Easter Matters Does Easter matter? Why does it matter? Find out in this message. This is an Easter message, developed by Pastor Brian Jones and delivered by Brian to Calvary Bible Church on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021. Take notes below or click here to open the notes in a new window or tab. […]