Fun or Fulfilling?

October 21, 2019 by Joel Burns in devotions, money

Let your days be marked by the fulfillment that comes with purposeful endeavors and not the fleeting pleasures of distracting entertainment.

Freedom

October 16, 2019 by Joel Burns in devotions

Freedom is either being liberated from your Creator or being reconciled to Him.

Given Up

October 11, 2019 by Joel Burns in devotions

All throughout human history, the rejection of God - His authority, wisdom, and rightful place as sovereign and Father - results in catastrophe. How could it not? You can only be at war with reality for so long before things begin to fall apart around you.

Why Pain Matters

October 10, 2019 by Joel Burns in devotions

Because the God of love rules and because the sovereign God loves, your pain matters. Put negatively, if God is not real, then your pain doesn’t matter. At all.

Father of Lies

September 28, 2019 by Joel Burns in devotions

We are all well-acquainted with the notion that God is love. But if God is love (and He is), and it is impossible for God to lie (and it is), then we are left with the reality that love and truth are inextricably linked.

You cannot love someone and lie to them.