Category Archives: Devotional

Devotional or inspirational thoughts.

The Church in the Age of Cynicism

Posted on February 4, 2012 by stevepvc

The rumor going around on our culture is that we’re too tolerant, and that pervasive relativism has carried us to the point where people don’t respect right and wrong anymore. I see that, and I agree that it’s definitely a … Continue reading →

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Psalm 1

Posted on July 27, 2010 by stevepvc

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked, or stand in the road of sinners, or sit in the seat of cynics. Because, his joy is in the Torah of Yahweh, and he meditates … Continue reading →

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Not Overwelmed

Posted on June 7, 2010 by stevepvc

This morning I’m thinking about how easy it is for us to get overwhelmed, and how common it is for that feeling to paralyze us, whether in personal transitions, times of stress, or in facing a task that requires a … Continue reading →

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Planted Fields

Posted on May 24, 2010 by stevepvc

This morning, my devotional reading (I use this) included this passage: And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you —with great … Continue reading →

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Discipleship on Whose Terms?

Posted on May 4, 2010 by stevepvc

Continuing my recent Bonhoeffer kick, Ive been digging back into his classic book Discipleship. Check out this section: Discipleship without Jesus Christ is choosing one’s own path.  It could be an ideal path or a martyr’s path, but it is … Continue reading →

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A Steward of God’s Grace to Whom?

Posted on April 15, 2010 by stevepvc

Yesterday, in the senior adult Bible class, we were hacking on Ephesians 3 a little bit.  Such a dense piece of scripture! The section describes Paul’s identity in some interesting ways, and one of those in particular caught my attention. … Continue reading →

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Getting it Right the Second Time

Posted on April 8, 2010 by stevepvc

Getting it right the first time is awesome. It’s smooth and painless. It makes you feel like a pro at whatever you’re doing. It shows a lot of skill, and sometimes it can demonstrate that you did your homework and … Continue reading →

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Be Ready!

Posted on March 30, 2010 by stevepvc

“Be ready!” But first, let’s talk a little bit more about what that means. If you read the gospels with an eye alert to the sorts of things Jesus teaches about living wisely or ethically, the motif of readiness really … Continue reading →

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Deborah’s song

Posted on March 18, 2010 by stevepvc

This afternoon, when I turned to today’s reading in Project 4:4, a very simple pair of lines in the song of Deborah and Barak caught my eye in a new way: That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that … Continue reading →

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Achan Again

Posted on March 15, 2010 by stevepvc

I was going to post on something else today, but my reading in Project 4:4 for today held another little reference to Achan, who I still had on the brain from yesterday.  This bit in 22:20 really caught my ear: … Continue reading →

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