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A daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: Every year different organizations host a Pi competition. In this competition, contestants...

A daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: Claudia Black identifies three trademarks of a dysfunctional family in her book, It Will Never Happen to Me:

A daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: We often think of Moses as the rescued baby in a basket, the courageous leader of the Hebrews, or the deliverer of God’s Law.

A daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: In the 1920s, golfer David Mulligan was unable to warm up for his first round.

The Church’s Big Task In recent years the “gig economy” or “sharing economy” has become so prevalent that, according to Pew research, 72 percent of American adults have used one of its sharing or on-demand services. Every day, companies like Uber, Thumbtack, and TaskRabbit match available workers with jobs. As an apostle, Paul had been given...

We Have the Words of Life The famous nineteenth-century preacher Charles Spurgeon was once asked how he would defend the Bible against its critics. He responded, “Open the door and let the lion out; he will take care of himself.” As we begin the work of evangelism, we often find ourselves already discouraged. We recognize our own shortcomings,...

Repent and Believe When a friend, family member, or coworker announces, “I’m expecting a baby!” or “I’m going to be married!” we cannot ignore their joyful news. Instead, we break into a smile of delight and offer a heartfelt, “Congratulations!” Sharing the news of God’s love doesn’t simply end with announcing the glorious truth of Christ’s...

An Evangelist’s Heart: Humility “Secure your own oxygen mask before assisting other passengers.” These instructions are familiar to anyone who has traveled on a commercial airplane in recent years. In order to be useful to other people, travelers should first make sure they have what they need to breathe. In order to effectively evangelize...

An Evangelist’s Heart: Joy In an 1850 letter to her publisher, George Smith, English novelist Charlotte Brontë wrote: “Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.” As we will see in today’s passage too, our happiness in our salvation should necessarily overflow into sharing—and this makes our joyful experience...

An Evangelist’s Heart: Sorrow In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized abortion until the third trimester of pregnancy with its ruling in Roe v. Wade. Cardinal Terence Cooke spoke for many when he lamented the decision to The New York Times as “an unspeakable tragedy.” In days to come, groups opposed to abortion would begin to...