Morning Devotions

I AM the Bread of Life

February 15, 2018

Jesus’ “I Am” statements in the Gospel of John show us both our own spiritual neediness and his complete sufficiency as our Redeemer to meet our every need.

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Feasting in a Fast-Food World

February 8, 2018

 Being a disciple isn’t convenient.  But for those of us who live in a fast-food world, the anticipated feast makes it all worthwhile.

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Opening Convocation – Spring 2018

February 6, 2018

WSC President Joel Kim's opening convocation of the Spring 2018 semester. 

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The Inescapable God

November 30, 2017

The Psalmist reminds us that God is inescapable because he is everywhere and knows all things.   

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Divine Light

November 28, 2017

Jesus is the light of life and salvation dawning from Galilee upon a people lost in darkness and death. 

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Burdened by Grace

November 21, 2017

Christians are freed by grace from the Law’s yoke and curse. But this liberty is to be enjoyed not by pleasing ourselves but by serving each other in love.  

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Beautiful Ministry

November 16, 2017

Would you ever use the word  “beautiful” to describe a church, a ministry or a sermon? Isaiah makes clear that when a ministry is full of the gospel of Jesus Christ it really is something very beautiful. 

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Jesus Goes to a Funeral

November 9, 2017

The good news is that death is the last enemy and has already been defeated by Jesus in his death and resurrection.

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Sheer Grace

November 7, 2017

God's grace is better than anything else in the world.  It is a pure gift from God to sinners.  It is to be insisted upon and let loose in Christ's church, without hesitation, and to be enjoyed no matter what messiness such a good gift causes.

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The Leper as Witness: What the Law Could Not Do

November 2, 2017

Jesus in his healing of the leper exposes Jewish distortions of the law as he also fulfills the law. But more importantly, he reveals who he is and his mission to save as does what the law was powerless to do.

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Transformed by Grace

October 31, 2017

Jesus Christ is a complete Savior, bringing us a comprehensive rescue from all the damage that our sin has done. 

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Believe and Live!

October 26, 2017

 Jesus Christ graciously calls us not to be unbelieving but to believe in him so that we would have life in his name.

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Israel Failed, Christ Prevailed

October 19, 2017

In contrast to the disobedience of Israel, Jesus is the one who prevailed in his probation keeping righteousness; he is called, he is proved, he is obedient. 

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United by Grace

October 17, 2017

 God’s grace in Christ not only heals the rift between guilty individuals and our holy Creator. It also breaks down the walls (race, gender, culture, language, etc.) that divide us from one another.  

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How (Not) To Enter the Kingdom

October 12, 2017

Mark 10:13-52 presents four ways by which one might seek to enter the kingdom. Jesus instructs us to enter the kingdom as a child and as a blind man, but not as the rich or powerful.

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Embraced by Grace

October 10, 2017

In the heart of his letter to the Galatians, Paul presents God’s glorious, gracious remedy to our alienation, guilt, and spiritual dehydration.

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Wealth and Poverty

October 3, 2017

It has been said that fear and pride are the opposite sides of the same coin. 

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Come to Me that You May Have Life

September 28, 2017

 Reasons to put our faith in Jesus as Rescuer and descriptions of unbelief.

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Have You Considered My Servant?

September 26, 2017

The world offers us a mirror to see ourselves in an ever-changing reflection of what it tells us. In the prologue of Job, God gives us a window to see a never-changing image of how God sees us.

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As It Was in the Days of Noah

September 21, 2017

Many Christians quite misunderstand our Lord’s teaching in Matthew 24 because they miss the parallel that our Lord drew between his future bodily return and the days of Noah. Indeed, missing the connection between Noah and Jesus has been the cornerstone of the entire “Left Behind” phenomenon and has been since the beginning of the modern “secret rapture” craze since 1972.

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