By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God” Corinthians 1:18 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: I once met a lawyer on… Read More ›
Devotions
Do You Value Wisdom?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver” Proverbs 16:16 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: I was interested to note in the newspaper an event when several… Read More ›
What Are You Tuned Into?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge” Proverbs 1:22 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: A Greek statesman and orator named Demosthenes was once addressing a bored and… Read More ›
Can Money Buy Security?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God” Mark 10:25 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Around the walls of Jerusalem and other… Read More ›
You’re Under New Management
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” 2 Corinthians 5:17 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: When I first got saved, I learned about Jesus… Read More ›
What You Can’t Buy
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the Word, and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in, choke… Read More ›
You Are What You Watch
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?” Proverbs 6:27 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: When they come under fire for the content of what they produce, filmmakers and TV executives tell us… Read More ›
Do You Pray Weak Prayers?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” James 5:16 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: These words, effectual and fervent, literally mean “stretched out.” Visualize a horse jumping over a barricade, stretched out as he leaps. Read More ICB Staff
Restore, Do Not Destroy
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself, lest you also be tempted” Galatians 6:1 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Have you ever… Read More ›
What God Can Do
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths” Proverbs 3:5-6 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: A. C. Dickson, a fine… Read More ›
Do You Observe or Look?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in… Read More ›
Were Jesus’ Followers Liars?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and we are… Read More ›
The Conquest: Standing in Holy Boldness
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But Peter and John answered and said to them, ‘Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot but speak the things… Read More ›
The Conquest: Standing Firm in Battle
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make… Read More ›
The Conquest: Standing in Resurrection Power
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes” Psalm 118:22-23 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: According to Jewish tradition, the stone specifically designed to be… Read More ›
The Cross: Warning: For Mature Audiences Only
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand” John 10:28 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Tongue cannot tell, throat cannot sing, hand cannot paint, the tragedy that… Read More ›
The Cross: Once and for All
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God…” 1 Peter 3:18 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: In Rome, when a man would be judged guilty of a… Read More ›
The Cross: Crossroads of Substitution
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’” John 1:29 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: All through the Bible, God has been teaching… Read More ›
The Crown of Saving Ministry: One-Size Only
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering” Genesis 22:8 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Centuries before Jesus Christ was born, God said to Abraham, I want you to take your son that you… Read More ›
The Crown of Misery: Rescuing His Beloved
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “…So His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men…” Isaiah 52:14 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Some years ago in New York City, there was a mother who was… Read More ›
The Crown of Mystery: Perfection Bore Sin’s Curse
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “…Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you…” Genesis 3:17-18 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: In the… Read More ›
The Cup of Communion: Victory at Gethsemane
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “…He also took the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me’” 1 Corinthians 11:25 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Scholars tell… Read More ›
The Cup of Punishment: Incomprehensible Separation
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “But your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear” Isaiah 59:2 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: When Jesus prayed at Gethsemane, He was not… Read More ›
The Cup of Pollution Sin’s Oil Press
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” 2 Corinthians 5:21 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: The word Gethsemane literally means “oil press.” It was in… Read More ›
Does Your Sin Bother You?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit” Psalm 51:11-12 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:… Read More ›
Grace Keeps You
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast” Ephesians 2:8-9 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Some Christians believe you can… Read More ›
Are You Another Lemming?
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” Mark 8:36 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Do you know what a lemming is? It’s a little animal who somehow gets… Read More ›
Your Infirmity May Reveal God’s Glory
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore, most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may… Read More ›
Weakness Is Your Asset
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore, most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may… Read More ›
Your Way to Victory
By Adrian Rogers BIBLE MEDITATION: “’Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and… Read More ›