Not long ago, a Grade 1 teacher gave her 6-year-old students the first half of some common life proverbs just to see how these children, in their limited life...
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In the 4th century, revered theologian Gregory of Nazianzus compiled a list of “oddities” regarding the life of Jesus. While the statements are true, their subtle irony...
As we’re looking into the 6th chapter of Hebrews, we find the author continues to encourage his readers to move beyond the basics of their belief and boldly enter into...
Learning to dig deeper and explore what is still hidden inside us are two lessons we can learn from great minds Michelangelo and Ralph Waldo Emerson in this Sincerely...
This Sincerely Yours devotional tells us the most important requirement to living God’s best: growing out of childhood faith and into real, mature faith.
God knows that with our old “human nature” we automatically hold ourselves up to Jesus and inevitably fall short. This causes us to timidly retreat into self-pity and...
Scholars agree that Jesus was a clearly documented Person from history, so the question of His identity is a valid one. But just who is Jesus, and why did He come...
It’s been said that the fear of death underlies most of our phobias. But if perhaps we could begin to see death through the lens of what Jesus has accomplished on the...
This episode of Sincerely Yours starts our journey in the book of Hebrews. Though the author is unknown, we do know is that they referred to the Old Testament more than...
Today we’re looking into the book of Philemon. It's a short book, only 25 verse long, but contains a poignant lesson in how we need to live out our faith. Listen in and...
This Sincerely Yours podcast covers the last chapter of the small book of Titus. Throughout his personal letter to the young pastor Titus, Paul encouraged him to remind...
We all have those days when we just need someone to step in and help us out. And, as we continue our journey through the book of Titus, we find this kind of mentorship...
We open the book of Titus in this podcast to continue our journey through the New Testament on Sincerely Yours. We know that earlier Paul had accompanied Titus to the...
Ranging from the witty to the hopeful to the tragic, the "famous people’s last words" featured in this episode of Sincerely Yours are definitely thought-provoking.
For a while now we’ve been daily studying the Bible together here on Sincerely Yours, so the question I’m about to ask you may sound a little strange. But here it goes:...
Living for God... every day... in every area of our lives. It’s so much more than just a "Christian lifestyle." Besides being a beautiful and intimate relationship, it’s...
Everybody’s talking these days. No one wants to be left out... not even me! The topics range from moral issues to religion to lifestyle. Everyone seems to have an...
We’re wrapping up our journey through the book of First Timothy, now in chapter six, and the topic of money is next on the Apostle Paul's list. He explains that it’s the...
In the eyes of God, there is no such thing as "secret sin." It's something we can all forget (or at least pretend to) from time to time, but the Apostle Paul gives us a...
We find ourselves in Chapter 5 of Paul’s first letter to Timothy in this Sincerely Yours podcast. According to Paul, the "fruit" of a person’s life is to be noted when...
We're continuing our journey through the book of Timothy and focusing in on how the wisdom of the young brought peace where peace was needed. It reminds me of a personal...
We recently explored why Jesus is the perfect model for good leadership, but what do those characteristics actually entail? In this Sincerely Yours devotional podcast...
Have you ever had the experience of driving down a smoothly paved road when THUD... you hit a pothole. It kind of catches you off guard, doesn’t it? Well, that’s...
As we journey towards the end of the New Testament, today we open the book of First Timothy. Like the previous 9 books, it is a personal letter written by Paul, this...
It’s very easy to fall into a “more comfortable” habit. After all, it feels good to just take a rest and relax, right? But in this Sincerely Yours devotional podcast...
In times of war, deception should be expected. That’s why when Paul writes of the “end times” – that period before the Second Coming of Jesus –...
As we open another of Paul’s letters to the early church in Thessalonica, we find him clearing up the confusion and helping set our focus on where it should be:...
In the fifth chapter of the book of first Thessalonians, we’re warned that we have the power to “smother” God's voice. It's more prevalent than ever in today's culture.
As we’re looking into first Thessalonians chapter 5, we find Paul bringing to light a future event that many would rather keep shrouded in darkness: the Second Coming of...
The story in this Sincerely Yours devotional comes from an after-school meeting for parents with a cute little game. However, the lesson most of these parents learned...