Daily Devotionals

An Irrational Hatred (New)

February 22, 2012 - 5:00 am

Have you ever felt like someone didn’t like you — maybe even hated you — for no particular reason? It’s puzzling, isn’t it? Read more…

Bad Blood

February 21, 2012 - 5:00 am

When two people don’t get along, someone might metaphorically say that there is “bad blood” between them, meaning that they have a history of not getting along. Read more…

God’s Inheritance

February 20, 2012 - 5:00 am

We tend to think of an inheritance as the legal transmission of property after death, but in a broader sense an inheritance is a possession. Read more…

The Remedy for Rejection

February 19, 2012 - 5:00 am

Very few of us sail through life without experiencing some feelings of rejection. Maybe as a child, you were excluded from a classmate’s birthday party or were the last one picked for kickball. Read more…

Heal Our Land

February 17, 2012 - 5:00 am

At first glance, the geography of Israel does not lend itself naturally to agriculture. More than half the land is desert, and the climate and lack of water resources do not favour farming. Read more…

Roots of Our Faith

February 16, 2012 - 5:00 am

Several years ago a book was published covering a subject near and dear to my heart – bridge-building between Christians and Jews. Read more…

God’s Unchanging Word

February 15, 2012 - 5:00 am

When a young Bedouin shepherd followed his errant goat into a cave in the hill country around the Dead Sea, he did more than recover his lost goat. Read more…

My Hiding Place

February 14, 2012 - 5:00 am

Maybe as a child you had a special place where you could go to be alone — a hiding place. Read more…

Whom Will You Serve?

February 13, 2012 - 5:00 am

Next to Jerusalem, the ruins of Masada are one of the most popular destinations of Jewish tourists visiting Israel. Read more…

A False Security

February 12, 2012 - 5:00 am

When all is going well in our lives, we tend to think we’re immune from hardships and trials. We get a promotion and pay raise at work, and we believe we have job security . . . until the unthinkable happens and we are let go. Read more…