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Dark Valleys and the Good Shepherd Logan Runnalls introduces Into the Valley: Spiritual Reflections on Depression with these words: “The following is a series of explorations into my depression and my healing. It is part confession and part question. This is my heart as I know it. There are no new secrets to success revealed in this book.

The Mountain of the Lord, Part 1 In the north garden at the United Nations in New York City stands a sculpture entitled, “Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares.” A gift from the former Soviet Union, this bronze artwork was created in 1957 by Evgeniy Vuchetich. It shows a blacksmith hammering a sword into a plow, “symbolizing man’s desire to...

Greater than Moses The importance of the person of Moses to all of Israelite history cannot be overstated. He was the faithful messenger of God, the instrument through which the Law was given, and the one who established the Levitical priesthood. One ancient Jewish text describes Moses as “equal in glory to the holy ones.” Yet, just as the...

The Danger of a Hard Heart Many Old Testament passages provide a correspondence between ancient Israelite figures and events and Christian realities and experiences. In today’s reading, the Israelite experience in the Exodus and Wilderness is depicted as a significant type for the Christian journey itself. Just as Moses led the Israelites...

The Promised Sabbath Rest Many people joke that they need a vacation after their vacation! They arrive home, weary from the exhaustion and challenge of travel—but instead of much-needed rest, they are met with a yard needing attention, an air conditioner needing repair, and grocery shopping needing done. The hoped-for rest still lies in the...

Melchizedek the Priest Most Jews expected the promised Messiah to be from the royal line of David, a reasonable conclusion based on the Davidic covenant (2 Samuel 7). Psalm 110, a psalm of David, was read as a promise about the Messiah’s kingly reign. But that psalm also describes the Messiah as a “priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek”...

A daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: If you ask the average person to describe what it means to be a Christian, they will probably identify a moral view, lifestyle choice, or even a political position.

A daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: Pastor and author Kent Hughes observes that legalism reduces the message of the gospel.

A daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: The other day during a conversation with one of my grown sons, I noticed a familiar facial expression and gesture.

A daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: Frederick Douglass wrote, “I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”...