By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested…” Revelation 2:10 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Polycarp was… Read More ›
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The Gospel According to Luke: An Exposition, Part 20 – Luke 7:11-17: Jesus’ Authority over Death
By Dr. Donald Whitchard “And it came about soon afterwards that He went to a city named Nain, and His disciples were going along with Him accompanied by a large multitude. Now as He approached the gate of the city,… Read More ›
The Gospel According to Luke: An Exposition, Part 19 – Luke 7:1-10: A Soldier’s Amazing Faith
By Dr. Donald Whitchard “When He had completed all His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum. And a certain centurion’s slave, who was highly regarded by him was sick and about to die. And when… Read More ›
A muddy boot brought him to Jesus
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either” Luke 6:29 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Someone asked an army officer,… Read More ›
God doesn’t reveal it to rebels
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts” Psalm 119:100 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: “More than the ancients” is a way of saying “the accumulative wisdom of the ages.” David is saying, “I haven’t… Read More ›
When demands are foggy, will you still obey?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that… Read More ›
Don’t neglect to follow God in the small things too
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “So Samuel said: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat… Read More ›
Do You Seek God’s Glory?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate. O my God, incline Your ear… Read More ›
God Removes Your Guilt
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him…. O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is… Read More ›
What God prefers to do
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will… Read More ›
We need to pray with determination
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “We have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments” Daniel 9:5 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: When Daniel sought God in this golden chapter on prayer, Daniel… Read More ›
It is never too early to start
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession…” Daniel 9:4 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: The greatest thing we can do for America is to pray for America. I am convinced if there were ever a… Read More ›
How do you get God’s attention?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes” Daniel 9:3 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Only prayer can hold back the floodtide of sin in our… Read More ›
What are we to do today?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings…” Daniel 2:21 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: What does the Word of God have to say about government? It teaches that God has ordained… Read More ›
Is revival even possible?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable… Read More ›
Our Foremost Responsibility as Citizens
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Men ought always to pray and not lose heart” Luke 18:1 “Do not fret because of evildoers” Psalm 37:1 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Edmund Burke wrote, “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men… Read More ›
Does God want us to pray for wicked rulers?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes” Proverbs 21:1 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: God can change a ruler, God can remove a ruler,… Read More ›
Reasoning Can’t Replace Obedience
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or as His counselor has taught Him” Isaiah 40:13 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: How often do we like to tell God how He ought to do things? Do you hear… Read More ›
We Murmur and Don’t Even Realize It
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the Lord hears your complaints which you make… Read More ›
The Gospel According to Luke: An Exposition, Part 15 – Luke 6:1-11: Lessons Taught, But Not Learned
By Dr. Donald Whitchard Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first that He went through the grain fields, and His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate them, rubbing them in their hands. And some… Read More ›
The Gospel According to Luke: An Exposition, Part 14 – Luke 5: 27-39: New Truths for Old Mindsets
By Dr. Donald Whitchard And after that He went out, and noticed a tax gatherer named Levi, sitting in the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow Me.” And he left everything behind and rose and began to… Read More ›
Do Not Be Afraid – You Have Help
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall… Read More ›
Do You Bring Good News?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” Isaiah… Read More ›
Two Sins You Need to Beware
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we remain silent. If we wait until morning light, some punishment will come upon us…. Read More ›
You Have Got Nothing to Lose
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, “Why sit we here until we die?” 2 Kings 7:3 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Jim Elliot, martyred missionary to… Read More ›
Who Will God Use?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty…” 1… Read More ›
You Might Be an Atheist
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “Look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” 2 Kings 7:2 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: This officer,… Read More ›
Our God Cannot Lie
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord …” 2 Kings 7:1 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: We speak of the Bible as inerrant and infallible. When the Bible speaks, God speaks. I’ve noticed… Read More ›
Fathers… You Are Key
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways. When you eat the labor of your hands, you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. Your wife shall be… Read More ›
Keep Your Promises, Dad
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No,” lest you fall into judgment” James 5:12… Read More ›