The Gospel WinsReading: Romans 10:14-17Devotional: After all the sending and sailing and spiritual confrontation, Luke gives us the only outcome that ultimately matters: the proconsul believed. Not be...  Read More

Opposition Is Not a Closed DoorReading: 1 Corinthians 16:9Devotional: Paul wrote that a wide and effective door had opened for him, and in the same breath acknowledged that many adversaries stood with...  Read More

Obedience Over CertaintyReading: Hebrews 11:8-10Devotional: Abraham went out, not knowing where he was going. That single sentence contains the entire anatomy of biblical faith. He did not have a deta...  Read More

Called and Set ApartReading: Isaiah 6:1-8Devotional: The call of Isaiah mirrors the pattern of Antioch. First, there is an encounter with God in worship. Then comes an honest reckoning with who we are...  Read More

Positioned to HearReading: Acts 13:1-2Devotional: Before the rocket launches, every system must be checked and cleared. The leaders at Antioch were prophets and teachers -- gifted, capable, experience...  Read More

The Word That Cannot Be Chained Reading: Acts 12:24; 2 Timothy 2:8-9; Isaiah 55:10-11Second Timothy 2:8-9 declares that though Paul was chained like a criminal, the word of God was not chained. Isaiah...  Read More

Pray, Then Listen for the Knock Reading: Acts 12:12-17; Jeremiah 33:3Jeremiah 33:3 records God's invitation to call upon Him, with the promise that He will answer and reveal great things. The church i...  Read More

The God of the Sudden Reading: Acts 12:6-11; Isaiah 43:18-19Isaiah 43:18-19 speaks of a God who does something new, who makes a way where there is no way. Peter was chained between two soldiers, doors...  Read More

The Power of Persistent Prayer Reading: Acts 12:5; Philippians 4:6-7; James 5:16Philippians 4:6-7 calls believers to bring every anxiety to God through prayer and thanksgiving, with the promise of a p...  Read More

When Power Attacks Reading: Acts 12:1-4Devotional: Herod had every visible advantage — a throne, an army, a prison, and a crowd. James was killed. Peter was chained. From the outside, it looked like e...  Read More

Living the New Normal TogetherReading: Acts 2:44-45 -- A description of the early church sharing possessions and resources according to each person's need, reflecting the depth of their communal life ...  Read More

Same Spirit, Same Gospel, Same FamilyReading: Galatians 3:26-28 -- Paul's declaration that in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for all are one in Christ Jesus.De...  Read More