The Judgment of the Nations (Joel 3)

by | Jun 14, 2022 | America, Daily Devotionals, Death, Devotional, Faith, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Israel, Politics, Prophecy, Providence, Rebellion, Second Coming of Christ, United Nations

Scripture reading – Joel 3 Today’s Scripture reading marks the end of the Book of Joel (only three chapters long), and an introduction to the prophetic Book of Daniel. This devotional will conclude our study of Joel. A second devotional will follow, and serve as...

The Character of a Dying Culture (Lamentations 4) – part 1 of 2 devotionals.

by | May 13, 2022 | America, Children, Church, Daily Devotionals, Death, Devotional, Faith, Fundamentalism, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Israel, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Pride, Prophecy, Rebellion, Sin, Sodomy, United Nations

Scripture reading – Lamentations 4; Lamentations 5 Our study of “The Lamentations of Jeremiah” will conclude with today’s Scripture reading. My devotional study will be presented in two parts. This is the first, with the focus upon Lamentations 4. Lamentations 4...

Warning: No Nation is Too Big to Fail! (Jeremiah 49; Jeremiah 50)

by | May 9, 2022 | America, Daily Devotionals, Death, Devotional, Faith, Fear, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Israel, Politics, Prophecy, Providence, Rebellion, Sin, United Nations

Scripture reading – Jeremiah 49; Jeremiah 50 Today’s Scripture reading continues the record of God’s vengeance against the Gentile nations that were adversaries of Israel and Judah. While there are many lessons we might take from God’s judgment of the nations, I...

The Judgment Day (Isaiah 23; Isaiah 24)

by | Feb 13, 2022 | America, Daily Devotionals, Death, Devotional, Doctrine, Faith, Hillsdale Baptist Church, In the News, Israel, Peace, Politics, Prophecy, Second Coming of Christ, Sin, United Nations

Scripture reading – Isaiah 23; Isaiah 24 The prophet Isaiah’s messages of judgment continue in today’s Scripture reading. The subject of Isaiah 23 was “the burden [judgment] of Tyre” (23:1), while Isaiah 24 is a statement of God’s final judgment of the earth...

The Birth and Second Coming of Jesus Christ (Micah 5)

by | Feb 3, 2022 | Daily Devotionals, Devotional, Doctrine, Faith, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Hope, Israel, Peace, Politics, Prophecy, Second Coming of Christ, United Nations

Scripture reading – Micah 5 In an earlier devotional I observed there are many well-known Messianic prophecies concerning the coming of the LORD, but few believers in my experience are aware of their context in the Scriptures (examples, Isaiah 7:14 and Isaiah...