Entries by Cheryl Hawes
Daily Devo | June 30, 2020
And yet, Paul is unshaken, unstirred. He’s doesn’t fume or fuss. He simply says, “So how am I to respond? I’ve decided that I really don’t care about their motives, whether mixed, bad, or indifferent. Every time one of them opens his mouth, Christ is proclaimed, so I just cheer them on!”
Daily Devo | June 29, 2020
There are, aren’t there, only three things we can do about death: to desire it, to fear it, or to ignore it. The third alternative, which is the one the modern world calls ‘healthy’ is surely the most uneasy and precarious of all.” —C.S. Lewis
Daily Devo | June 26, 2020
That’s the deal, the unbreakable covenant promise, God makes with us. We come empty handed or not at all. We come knowing that our sin separates us from God’s presence, but even more so that Jesus made our separation his own.
Daily Devo | June 25, 2020
Paul’s foundations fell to pieces right there on that road. What’s interesting is that Paul try to pick up the pieces. How could he? And so it is with every true encounter with Christ.
Daily Devo | June 24, 2020
We participate in what God is doing to “make all things new” by the gospel, or not. The Philippians got it right away, “from the first day..” As if saying, “If God has given me this kind of grace, this kind of world re-shaping peace, then how can I not want to get on the inside of what he’s doing?” It’s a response. The only one you can give.
Daily Devo | June 23, 2020
… as we listen, perhaps closing our eyes and leaning our heads back slightly, Paul’s familiar voice comes into focus. Only something is different this time: “Paul and Timothy, slaves (doulos) of Christ Jesus.”
Daily Devo | June 22, 2020
As “citizens of heaven,” then, we will be both more realistic about the shortcomings of our society and more hope-filled about the answers the gospel provides.
Daily Devo | June 19, 2020
What does it really mean to become a mature Christian, growing up, in Paul’s words, to the “stature of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13)? Paul’s letter to the Ephesians provides the context to answer that question.
Daily Devo | June 18, 2020
What makes a person a Christian is that God rescues you from the death sentence of sin by bringing His very life to dwell within you by His Spirit. You see? You become more than simply a nice person. Tim Keller puts it this way, “Don’t insult the gospel, and don’t insult yourself by thinking of Christianity mainly as being nice people. You’re not nice. Becoming a Christian means you become new. You’re not just nice; you’re new.
