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24 Feb

Hold the Rope: Praying for Gospel Advance

February 24, 2025
By Chris Anderson

This post by Chris Anderson is from Gospel Meditations for Prayer (Day 19: “Pray for Gospel Advance”).“Brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored.” (2 Thessalonians 3:1)Prayer was the very heartbeat of the...

17 Feb

Guest Post

Can God Use Me?

February 17, 2025
By Guest Author

This post is an abridged excerpt from Daring Devotion (Day 6), a collection of short missionary biographies."I requested of my Lord and Master to give me a work, I did not care how mean it was, only to try and see how...

10 Feb

Devotional Thoughts

Yes! You Are in Full-Time Christian Service

February 10, 2025
By Joe Tyrpak

This post by Joe Tyrpak comes from Gospel Mediations on the Reformation (Day 3: “Full-Time Christian Service”).“Slaves...you are serving the Lord Christ.” (Colossians 3:22-24)God created us to work. Work is part of what it means to be human. Work is a...

22 Jan

Perspective

The Sanctity of Human Life

January 22, 2025
By Chris Anderson

“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.” (Genesis 9:6)Genesis 1:26–28 records the creation of humanity by a direct act of God. Four times in the passage...

20 Jan

Devotional Thoughts

The Divine Missionary: Following God’s Heart for the Nations

January 22, 2025
By Chris Anderson

This post by Chris Anderson comes from Gospel Meditations for Missions (Day 1: “God Is the Great Missionary”).“For the Father is seeking such people to worship him.” (John 4:23)Missions isn’t an addendum that was stapled onto normal Christianity. It’s at the...

13 Jan

Devotional Thoughts, Guest Post

A Gospel Resolution

January 22, 2025
By Guest Author

This excerpt by JD Crowley comes from Gospel Meditations for Missions (Day 13: “From God, Through God, and to God”).“The gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son...to bring about the obedience...

06 Jan

Devotional Thoughts

Ancient Words for Modern Missions

January 22, 2025
By Joe Tyrpak

This post by Joe Tyrpak comes from Gospel Meditations for Missions (Day 4: “An Overlooked Missions Hymn”).“Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?" (Psalm 2:1)What are the most encouraging missionary hymns you can think of? Among the...

30 Dec

Devotional Thoughts, Guest Post

Leveraging Life for Eternity

January 22, 2025
By Guest Author

This excerpt by J.D. Crowley comes from Gospel Meditations for Missions (Day 25: “One Day to Live”).“And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal...

23 Dec

Devotional Thoughts

The Almighty Slept

December 23, 2024
By Chris Anderson

This post by Chris Anderson comes from Gospel Meditations for Christmas (Day 15).“Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” (Psalm 121:4)The God of the Bible—the one true God—is stunning in His transcendence. He is immeasurably greater than...

16 Dec

Devotional Thoughts

Peace: More Than an Emotion

December 16, 2024
By Joe Tyrpak

In a world fractured by conflict—internal and external—what does true peace really look like?