O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. — Galatians 3:1 CALL OUT: Today, our callout goes to the 3 men I baptized last weekend in Ocklawaha, FL . I am so proud of you for taking this step of obedience. It's easy for believers to go from being a brother ( Galatians 1:11 ) to being bewitched ( Galatians 3:1 ). "Bewitched" is a word found nowhere else in the New Testament. It means "to give the evil eye" or "to cast ...
Mar 08, 2024•4 min
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose. — Galatians 2:21 CALL OUT: Today, our callout goes to Shawn Wilson from Fruit Cove, FL , a new member of the website. Thanks for your partnership with us. Returning to yesterday's devotional, we learned that we live by faith. Faith in Jesus both saves and sustains us. Paul's follow-up today is that thinking that we can add anything to Jesus's accomplished work other than faith alone nul...
Mar 07, 2024•2 min
For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. — Galatians 2:19-20 CALL OUT: Today, I'd like to call out Chuck Peter from Roseville, MN , who yesterday marked his third year using our devotionals for his weekly Zoom meeting with his guys. It's my privilege to be a part of your ...
Mar 06, 2024•3 min
But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. — Galatians 2:17-18 CALL OUT: Call out today to all the Leaders from Forged , our leadership training event in Florida. What a powerful group of men's leaders. The point of this text is so simple and yet so profound. Paul is saying that it is not my work that matters. It's Jesus's work. I tried ...
Mar 05, 2024•3 min
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. — Galatians 2:15-16 CALL OUT: Call out today to Bret Hoover from Allentown, PA , who is going to be baptized on March 17. A shirt is coming your way! The following seven verses ...
Mar 04, 2024•3 min
And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?” — Galatians 2:13-14 CALL OUT: Call out today to Christopher Raynolds from Kingsport, TN , who is using the tools on our website for himself and others. W...
Mar 03, 2024•5 min
Mar 02, 2024•4 min
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. — Galatians 2:11 CALL OUT: Call out today to Joey Johnson from Woodbury, MN , who is leading a group using our easy-to-use resource 30 Men Who Lived With Conviction . Antioch is an essential city during Paul's time. Today, this is Antakiya , located in Turkey. However, during the Roman Empire , Antioch was the third largest city in the empire, with about half a million people. It was the capital city of Syria...
Mar 01, 2024•6 min
And when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do. — Galatians 2:9-10 CALL OUT: Call out today to Jim from Dayton, IA, a friend of Steve Pinkley , the Director at Hidden Acres Camp . I was pumped to hear you shared your testimony, and you mentioned ...
Feb 29, 2024•4 min
On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised (for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles), — Galatians 2:7-8 CALL OUT: Call out today to Brian Lydick from Belpre, Ohio. Thank you for sharing your testimony and God's divine intervention in your wife's life. Paul's point here is very positive. It is ...
Feb 28, 2024•3 min
To them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me. — Galatians 2:5-6 CALL OUT: Call out today to 8 Men Baptized in Big Sandy, MN. I am excited about your big step to proclaim your new life in Christ. In conflict, we have choices, don't we? There is that moment of...
Feb 27, 2024•4 min
Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery — Galatians 2:4 CALL OUT: Call out today to Derrick Bressel and the team from Fresno, CA . Thanks for your friendship and partnership in the Gospel. If you think woke theology in the church is a new problem, well, you're wrong. Paul is writing this letter because false teachers in his day were sneaking in their own version of woke theology...
Feb 26, 2024•3 min
Do you have enough masculine strength to be vulnerable and seek counsel from God and others? — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 25, 2024•5 min
Everyone's conversion experience is different. But there are some of us who need more perseverance in grace. — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 23, 2024•4 min
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Feb 22, 2024•7 min
Discover what Paul did to know and understand the greater story in his life and God's great grace. — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 21, 2024•6 min
Are you tired of the cycle of shame? Then maybe you need to see what Paul sees as former. — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 20, 2024•5 min
The Gospel is a message about Christ and from Christ. It does not belong to you, but it's for you. — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 19, 2024•5 min
Will you live exposed before God and let your motivations for the Gospel be seen by all? — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 18, 2024•3 min
Are you speaking up when you see others you love heading toward an eternally dangerous situation? — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 17, 2024•5 min
Addition or subtraction to or from the Gospel is always desertion and departure, which makes it apostasy. — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 16, 2024•5 min
It's time for you to have a band of brothers like the apostle Paul had because you cannot live without them. — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 14, 2024•4 min
Have you been under attack for a falsehood and struggled to know how to respond? — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 13, 2024•6 min
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Leave a long and lasting impact on others, but always do it the way God wants it done. — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 11, 2024•5 min
If you are passionate about your purity then you will stand up and say something about it. — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 10, 2024•5 min
Are you taking the right preventative measures to keep temptations out of your house? — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 09, 2024•4 min
Have you played the tape all the way forward of your commitments and lack thereof? — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 08, 2024•4 min
Are you trusting only in what is reasonable or in unreasonable faith and getting God-like results? — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 07, 2024•5 min
Compromise in leadership is fatal. Uncover the path to unwavering integrity. #Leadership — A devotional by Vince Miller.
Feb 06, 2024•5 min
