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A daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: I love the start of a new semester. The gradebook is empty; no tests have been given.

Treasuring God in Troubles According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide rates in the United States increased 33 percent between 1999 and 2017. Reported one news outlet: "American suicides are now at their highest point in 50 years. It's now the second-leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 35." When...

David Chose the Right Treasure In the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Donovan chose the wrong Grail cup. When given the same choice, Indiana Jones chose rightly. On the table were gold, bejeweled, and richly designed cups. But Indy chose a simple wooden vessel, "the cup of a carpenter," and he passed the test! King David, too, possessed...

False Fasting If you have ever fasted, you know it’s not easy. Now it is done for a wide variety of reasons. Many of us have fasted for a medical test. The Christian practice of fasting is intended to focus our mind and heart on God. In today’s Scripture reading, fasting was the concern of a delegation sent to the prophet from Bethel (v.

A Prophet’s Visions Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said he was standing in grove of trees in western New York State when God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him. From this vision, Smith taught that God the Father had a physical body and that the Mormon religion was the only path to salvation.

Daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: Foster parents open their homes and lives to children whose lives have been upended...

Daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: Every child has experienced that uncomfortable moment when they realize...

Daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: If you’ve ever played darts or tried your hand at archery, you know the goal is deceptively simple...

Hypocrisy is easy to spot in others, but we often miss it in ourselves. Pray that the Lord would reveal any hypocrisy in your life. You can use the words of Psalm 139:23–24: “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

Traditions themselves are not the problem in the church. The problem comes when we allow our traditions to overrule what God has commanded or we turn our traditions into litmus tests of worship or fellowship. Pray that you will not cling to traditions, habits, or preferences at the expense of obeying God or showing love and grace to others.