Category: Devotionals/Commentaries

Piper: Guiding principles in applying Zechariah to our lives today

December 22, 2025

As we begin our reading of Zechariah today (chapters 1-5),John Piper explains how promises in Zechariah can help us today: Three of Zechariah’s prophetic messages are dated (1:1; 1:7; 7:1), so we know that Zechariah was a contemporary of Haggai. Both prophets spoke to the Jews in Jerusalem who had recently returned from exile in … More Piper: Guiding principles in applying Zechariah to our lives today

December 22 Revelation 19

December 22, 2025

December 22  Revelation 19 (ESV) Rejoicing in Heaven 19:1 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth … More December 22 Revelation 19

Control the Hawk?

December 21, 2025

God said to Job: “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south? Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high?” In Job 39, our Bible reading for today, we see a list of animals that Job can’t in any … More Control the Hawk?

Resurrection bodies

December 20, 2025

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have … More Resurrection bodies