by Susan Barnes | 7 Apr 2025 | Short Devotion>People
“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.” (Genesis 22:12) This incident in Isaac’s life reminds us that God did not withhold his son, his only Son...
by Susan Barnes | 10 Mar 2025 | Short Devotion>People
Melchizedek king of Salem … was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram. (Genesis 14:18-19) David prophesied Jesus’ kingly role (Psalm 110:2) and his priestly role (v. 4). Jesus was born into the kingly line through his ancestor Judah but for Jesus to be...
by Susan Barnes | 6 Feb 2025 | Life of Jesus Christ
Mission is the twelfth and last article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. Watchman Nee, author and missionary, reflected on how people become Christians and wondered what the least necessary requirement was to come to faith....
by Susan Barnes | 2 Dec 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
The Resurrection is the eleventh article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. Yancey comments on the actions of the soldiers guarding Jesus’ tomb (Matthew 27:62-66; 28:11-15). “Soldiers standing guard outside Jesus’...
by Susan Barnes | 18 Nov 2024 | Articles
I wasn’t expecting to see such profound illustrations of grace on a regular TV show. My husband isn’t a ‘petrolhead’ and rarely goes to car shows, but he does have an interest in old cars. We discovered the TV show Car S.O.S by accident when we turned the television...
by Susan Barnes | 11 Nov 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
Serving is the tenth article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). We can rob others of the blessing of giving if we won’t receive from them. When Jesus washes the...
by Susan Barnes | 21 Oct 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
Miracles is the ninth article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. The American author Philip Yancey wrote: “Although faith may produce miracles, miracles do not necessarily produce faith.”[1] I was reading the book of Exodus...
by Susan Barnes | 30 Sep 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
Grace is the eighth article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. Although I had been a Christian for many years when my husband was diagnosed with cancer, it was during this time that I began to understand grace. My husband’s...
