The Sermon on the Plain: Love Your Enemies (Luke 6)

The Sermon on the Plain: Love Your Enemies (Luke 6)

by | Aug 6, 2024 | Anger, Attitude, Church, Daily Devotionals, Devotional, Faith, Family, Friends, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Law, Love, Luke, Marriage, Morality, New Testament, Sin, The Gospels, Trials and Temptations, Trust

Click this link to translate this Bible study into Russian, Chinese, Arabic, German, Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Scripture reading – Luke 6   Luke 6   Review (Luke 6:1-16) You will find Luke 6:1-12 a parallel chronicle of the events we studied in Matthew 12...
The Failure of the Gatekeepers (Ezra 9)

The Failure of the Gatekeepers (Ezra 9)

by | Jul 9, 2024 | Attitude, Children, Church, Daily Devotionals, Devotional, Ezra, Faith, Family, Friends, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Israel, Law, Leadership, Marriage, Old Testament, Prayer, Sin

Scripture reading – Ezra 9 Click this link to translate this Bible study into Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Ezra 9   Ezra arrived in Jerusalem with gold and silver furnished by King Artaxerxes, the leaders of Persia,...
What is the Path to Happiness? A Need to Be Needed (Ecclesiastes 4)

What is the Path to Happiness? A Need to Be Needed (Ecclesiastes 4)

by | Dec 10, 2023 | Attitude, Daily Devotionals, Depression, Devotional, Ecclesiastes, Elderly, Faith, Family, Friends, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Hope, Marriage, Ministry, Money, Old Testament, Peace, Pride, Sin, Trials and Temptations, Trust

Scripture reading – Ecclesiastes 4; Ecclesiastes 5 Click on this link for translations of this Bible study. Our study in the Book of Ecclesiastes continues with our Scripture reading, Ecclesiastes 4-5. This Bible study will focus only on Ecclesiastes 4....
“I’d Rather ‘Sing Like a Canary’ Than Be a Silent Judas” (Proverbs 29)

“I’d Rather ‘Sing Like a Canary’ Than Be a Silent Judas” (Proverbs 29)

by | Dec 7, 2023 | America, Attitude, Daily Devotionals, Devotional, Faith, Family, Friends, Leadership, Morality, Old Testament, Politics, Proverbs, Proverbs, Proverbs Featured, Sin, Trials and Temptations

Scripture reading – Proverbs 28; Proverbs 29 Click on this link for translations of this Bible study.  This is the second of two Bible studies for the day, with the first from Proverbs 28 and this one from Proverbs 29. This brief devotional will focus on...
Few Things Are as Nauseating as One Who Praises Himself. (Proverbs 27)

Few Things Are as Nauseating as One Who Praises Himself. (Proverbs 27)

by | Dec 6, 2023 | America, Attitude, Children, Daily Devotionals, Family, Feminism, Friends, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Old Testament, Pride, Proverbs, Proverbs Featured, Sin

Scripture reading – Proverbs 27 Click on this link for translations of this Bible study. Our brief study of Proverbs continues with chapter 27. Though the chapter is filled with golden nuggets of “uncommon common sense,” the focus of today’s devotional will be...
Are you Guilty of Hawking Yourself and Gawking at Others? (Proverbs 25:6-7)

Are you Guilty of Hawking Yourself and Gawking at Others? (Proverbs 25:6-7)

by | Dec 5, 2023 | Attitude, Daily Devotionals, Devotional, Family, Friends, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Old Testament, Pride, Proverbs, Proverbs Featured, Sin

Scripture reading – Proverbs 25; Proverbs 26 Click on this link for translations of this Bible study.  Continuing our chronological two-year Scripture reading schedule, today’s assignment is Proverbs 25 and 26. As with all chapters in Proverbs, the number of verses...