Peter DeHaan Releases Reading Guides to Encourage Regular Bible Reading and Contemplation This year’s Bible reading guides are now available. Read the New Testament With an investment of less than 4 minutes a day, Monday through Friday, you can read the entire New Testament of the Bible in one year. Read the Old Testament For […]
A Priest with Shifting Loyalties When Doeg the Edomite, under the order of King Saul, kills Ahimelek and eighty-five other priests, only Ahimelek’s son Abiathar escapes. Abiathar flees to David, who offers him sanctuary. Abiathar takes the ephod with him. This likely refers to the ephod Moses made for the priests to wear (Exodus 28). […]
The Genealogy of Jesus Today’s Passage: Matthew 1:1–17 Focus Verse: This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham. (Matthew 1:1) We’ve already talked about how John, Mark, and Luke open their biographies of Jesus. Now we’ll look at Matthew’s approach. Though it may seem strange to us […]
Paul Warns Titus to Stay Away From Unprofitable and Useless Things Paul, the superstar missionary, writes to his protégé Titus, who Paul left on the island of Crete to wrap up the work he started. As Paul’s letters go, it’s a short one. But he packs it with practical information that any pastor could use. […]
Luke Bible Study, Day 26 Today’s passage: Luke 14 Focus verse:“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:26) Another time, as Jesus travels, a large crowd trails behind him. He turns to them […]
Seek to Serve and Not Be Served Most people pursue what is in their best interest. They seek what is good for them. This attitude applies in most all situations, including church attendance. They go in expectation of what they will learn or experience. They seek to be served, not to serve. This may be […]
Power of Gratitude Radio Interview Reaches Audiences in Four States and Worldwide via Stream Christian author Peter DeHaan was recently interviewed on Redeemer Broadcasting’s popular weekly program “On the Docket,” where he discussed his newly released book Thanksgiving with Jesus and the transformative power of gratitude in the Christian faith. The interview, hosted by Tanya McGrath, aired […]
Take Time to Tell God What You’re Thankful For on Thanksgiving and Every Other Day Too The church I attended several years ago had a Thanksgiving practice of having members stand to share what they were thankful for. From my perspective this never went well, with too much silence or too much forced sharing and […]
Come Out! Today’s passage: John 11:1–44 Focus verse: Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.” (John 11:41–42). Jesus loves the siblings […]
Christianity Comes from Judaism That statement catches many Christians (that is, followers of Jesus) off guard. It is easy to label Jesus, since he is the impetus for Christianity, as a Christian, even though his time spent on earth was as a Jew. Indeed, he was born a Jew, into a Jewish culture, and had […]