9 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.” Leviticus 19 When our family was…

This week I am going to take you back to our Academy Fall Week of Prayer 2022. The topic was “Jesus in Revelation.” (The content is largely taken from the GC Youth Week of Prayer 2022 series) Super Heroes capture our attention and imagination. This is nothing new. Our attention and imagination have always been…

Ecclesiastes 4:12 (The Message)By yourself you’re unprotected.With a friend you can face the worst.Can you round up a third?A three-stranded rope isn’t easily snapped. The kingdom of heaven is like a camping trip. The first thing we need to do is to set up camp. So, first, we select where the main campfire would be.…

Before we jump into new information, let’s do a bit of review from our last devo. In the Garden, Satan first implied that God was selfish and unfair. That when He told us we were free, He was actually restricting true freedom from us. Next, Satan directly contradicted God, calling Him a liar in regards…

As we read Genesis chapter 3 verses 1-6 we are going to pay particular attention Satan’s sophisticated subtleties and to the exchange that Eve entered into. The purpose of this series, as stated in the title, is to examine the character of God. In today’s lesson, we will clearly see how God’s character has been…

The morning was a typical New England fall morning: crisp and sweet. I was two days in to my 7 day campout in the woods with a group of more than 20 teens. For our solo time, God took me up the dry creek bed. God seemed to like that spot. I noticed that He…

(Today’s devotional is taken directly from my personal devotional journal from Thursday of this week, expanded for the sake of this Chaplain’s Corner Devotional. I was so struck by my reading and study that I shared these thoughts with my Thursday Bible classes.) I ask the question: Is it possible for the Kingdom of God…

13-15 One day children were brought to Jesus in the hope that he would lay hands on them and pray over them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus intervened: “Let the children alone, don’t prevent them from coming to me. God’s kingdom is made up of people like these.” After laying hands on them, he…

Give secretly to the needy. Pray often and deeply, passionately seeking the face of God. Joyfully and secretly fast. Invest in things of eternal consequence. When it comes to your bills, be at peace. This is what Matthew describes in chapter six to live the Kingdom Life; to Seek First the Kingdom of God. When…

I don’t think most of us, when we are considering appetite consider it a temptation or a sin. We jokingly refer to the “sinful indulgence.” But, do we really consider that indulgence to be sinful? Do we consider that our victory over the temptation of appetite is the foundation of all other temptations? Do we…