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The Upper Room Disciplines provides an opportunity to look more deeply at scripture by offering a week of devotions by a single author on a particular theme.

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Our Failures and God’s Faithfulness - March 8, 2025

March 8, 2025

I love my cold-and-stormy-weather gear. How did humans make it through much of history without umbrellas, gloves, and scarves? Since the beginning, we have made clothing to cover our bodies, to...

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Our Failures and God’s Faithfulness - March 7, 2025

March 7, 2025

We owe everything to God. Everything we have is because God loves us deeply and has placed good things in our lives. This isn’t some kind of plot twist; it’s obvious....

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Our Failures and God’s Faithfulness - March 6, 2025

March 6, 2025

We live in a world where every experience has to be posted online. If you don’t show proof to your followers on social media, then it didn’t happen. People can become...

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Our Failures and God’s Faithfulness - March 5, 2025

March 5, 2025

Time often feels like a very abstract and elusive thing. In the same moment you believe you have your entire life ahead of you and all the time in the world...

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Our Failures and God’s Faithfulness - March 4, 2025

March 4, 2025

Psalm 51 is regarded as David’s plea for God’s mercy after he has raped Bathsheba and murdered her husband, Uriah (see 2 Sam. 11). In David, we see the depth and...

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Our Failures and God’s Faithfulness - March 3, 2025

March 3, 2025

In our world, “quid pro quo” is the name of the game. We seldom do a good deed for another person without expecting something in return. Even if we have no...

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The Revealed Divine Presence of God - March 2, 2025

March 2, 2025

Luke reports that following the Transfiguration, Jesus and the disciples descend the mountain. Christian disciples who have experienced intimate relationship with Christ do not bask in that glory to feed the...

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The Revealed Divine Presence of God - March 1, 2025

March 1, 2025

The Transfiguration is one tradition that is shared by all the Synoptic Gospels—Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The narrative tells of Jesus’ encounter alongside three disciples of his inner circle: Peter, James,...

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The Revealed Divine Presence of God - February 28, 2025

February 28, 2025

Paul presents what could serve as his credentials to this community of faith. He is very aware that he, humanly speaking, should be without any right to offer anything on behalf...

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The Revealed Divine Presence of God - February 27, 2025

February 27, 2025

Paul writes to the Corinthians as those who have the hope and the ability to act with great boldness. The experience of Christians today is different from that of Moses, who...

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