Category Archives: Hell

Today’s devotion: Life Haters – Ecclesiastes 2:17

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Stushie

Ecclesiastes 2:17         So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. The horrendous mass-murders that took place last week in Norway shocked … Continue reading →

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lent Devotions: Fishing for Souls – Mark 4 v 36

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Stushie

Mark 4:36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. There’s a wonderful 17th century painting created by a Dutch artist Adriaen van den Venne called … Continue reading →

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Resident Evil

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Stushie

Our community in Knoxville is grieving and angry this morning. A while ago, a young couple – Chris Newsom and Channon Christian – were car-jacked, kidnapped, raped, tortured, horrendously mutilated, and savagely murdered by a gang of people over several … Continue reading →

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Daily Devotions: End Stoning!

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Stushie

Jeremiah 9: 20 Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD; open your ears to the words of his mouth. Teach your daughters how to wail; teach one another a lament. It was both brutal and harrowing. I wept … Continue reading →

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Movie Devotions: The Stoning of Soraya M

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Stushie

Today’s devotion may be alarming to some. Please do not read if you are squeamish. Isaiah 53: 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and … Continue reading →

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Daily Devotions: Handling the Truth

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Stushie

1 Samuel 3:17 “What was it he said to you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you.” Did you ever … Continue reading →

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Calloused Hearts

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Stushie

Christian hypocrisy is alive and well in the Bible Belt. Matthew 13:15 ‘For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with … Continue reading →

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Daily Devotions: The Tank Man of Tiananmen Square

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Stushie

Psalm 147:6 The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground. It was the most courageous act that I have ever seen in my life. It took place twenty years ago today in the Chinese capital of … Continue reading →

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Daily Devotions: Idiot of the Day

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Stushie

One of our local radio stations has a talk show host who devotes a section of his program to what he calls “Idiot of the Day.” In the last 24 hours, I’ve come across several people who would easily win … Continue reading →

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4 Minute Devotions: Bible Belt Bashing

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Stushie

Our young people are often pressurized by their zealous evangelical peers. How would Jesus share the Gospel with our teenagers?   Podcast version here   Luke 19:10     “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what … Continue reading →

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