Morning Devotions
Psalm 44
November 7, 2024
Many Psalms of Lament conclude with confidence in God despite suffering. However, Psalm 44 begins with confidence, followed by a complaint, concluding with a call for God to act.
ListenA Prayer for the Suffering and Forsaken Ones (Lamentations 5)
November 5, 2024
Lamentations articulates some of the worst human suffering. In response, a prayer for the Lord’s restoration is made.
ListenThe Purified Words of the Lord (Psalm 12)
October 31, 2024
When language devolves into lies and power-relations to drown out trustworthiness, we find divine rescue in the sevenfold pure words of the Lord.
ListenThe Wisdom of the Generations (Proverbs 4:1-9)
October 29, 2024
We will see how wisdom holds the secret to being truly alive in every generation.
ListenThe Liberating Joy of Confession (Psalm 32)
October 24, 2024
Why do we conceal our sins rather than confess them, especially when they imprison and distance us from God’s presence and his people? We’ll consider the folly of this approach to the Christian life and the liberating joys of confession flowing from our faith in the glorious gospel of the Lord Jesus.
ListenAll Things for Good (Romans 8:28)
October 22, 2024
God, according to His sovereign will, works all things together for the good of the believer. Not some things or most things, but ALL things … even our thorny trials and hardships.
ListenOut of the Depths I Cry (Psalm 130)
October 17, 2024
From deep waters we cry to an attentive Lord for deliverance and forgiveness. Our watchful hope looks to his word of promise and plentiful redemption.
ListenSuffering: Various Passages from Job 4-7
October 15, 2024
When you are going through suffering, what is your relationship with God like? When your friends or family are suffering, how do you comfort them? Job tells us that God has the answer to our suffering, and how we are to look to Him during those times.
ListenBetter than Life (Psalm 63)
October 10, 2024
In this wilderness journal King David records his experience of the steadfast love of the Lord in the face of deep suffering. His poetic witness points us to the love of Christ and the promised joy of abiding in the greater son of the great King David.
ListenSome Aspects of the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1–23)
October 8, 2024
The Parable of the Sower invites us to consider both our own hearts and our outward engagement with the world as we receive and share the good news of God’s kingdom.
ListenThe Psalm for the Sabbath: Psalm 92
October 3, 2024
Even though our praise cannot actually make God greater or higher than He is, the Lord is pleased for our praise to exalt Him in our minds and hearts.
ListenThe Suffering King (Psalm 31:1-8)
October 1, 2024
God Hears the Lament of His People and Preserves Them Unto Salvation.
Who is like our God? (Micah 7:18-20)
September 24, 2024
In our passage Micah extols our incomparable God for his wondrous grace in forgiving us all of our sins and casting them all into the depths of the sea.
ListenPsalm 8 | Dr. Joshua Van Ee
September 19, 2024
Psalm 8 contains the reflections of the psalmist upon the night sky. At the beginning and end, he speaks about the glory of God.
ListenMinistry: Sometimes Lonely, Always Lovely (Philippians 2:19-24)
September 17, 2024
A brief reflection on the challenge of loneliness in pastoral ministry and the blessing of sharing in Christ’s interests.
ListenPsalm 2: Raging Kings, The Promise, and Warning
September 12, 2024
Dr. Clark commences the WSC Fall Faculty series on the Psalms with a devotional from Psalm 2.
ListenMixing Metaphors: Ephesians 2:19-22
September 10, 2024
Metaphors are powerful rhetorical tools, but mixing them can cause much confusion. This message considers a possible Biblical Theological rationale for Paul’s intermingling of household, temple and garden when describing God’s redeemed people in Ephesians 2:19-22.
ListenAbiding in the Almighty | Psalm 91
December 1, 2022
In times of distress, darkness, and hopelessness, the Psalmist exhorts believers to turn to the Lord and dwell in the shadow of the Almighty. God who is faithful will answer and will show his people His salvation.
ListenColossians 1:24-29
November 29, 2022
As stewards of the gospel, Christians are called to share in Christ's afflictions in order to take His gospel to the nations.
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