Weekly Devotionals

2 days ago
2 min

Stop Provoking Your Children

Colossians 3:21 says, “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.” The passage specifically addresses fathers, ...

Rick Appleton

6 days ago
3 min

Christian Courage of Polycarp

Polycarp (AD 69-155) whose name means “much fruit” was an early church father and a presbyter of the church in Smyrna, an important Greek...

Rick Appleton

Jul 27
3 min

Something Worse Than Murder

John Chrysostom (347-407) the Archbishop of Constantinople, who was nicknamed the “Golden-Mouthed Preacher” because of his great eloquenc...

Dr. Ray E. Heiple, Jr.

Jul 6
4 min

Effectual Calling, an Overview

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvati...

Dr. Ray E. Heiple, Jr.

Jun 29
3 min

Union with Christ

For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. Ephesians 5:30 NKJV Question 66 of the Larger Catechism, asks, “What is th...

Dr. Ray E. Heiple, Jr.

Jun 22
3 min

The Benefits of Salvation in This World and the Next

…that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, Philippians 3...

Dr. Ray E. Heiple, Jr.

Jun 15
4 min

The Invisible Church

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that the...

Dr. Ray E. Heiple, Jr.

Jun 8
3 min

The Church Cannot Fall

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. M...

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