Friends,I beg you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong. You know that it was because of a physical infirmity that I first announced the gospel to you; though my condition put you to the test, you did not scorn or despise me, but […]
Daily Devotion by Nick Jones
My point is this: heirs, as long as they are minors, are no better than slaves, though they are the owners of all the property; but they remain under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us; while we were minors, we were enslaved to the elemental spirits of the […]
Daily Devotion by Fleur Houston
Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring would come to whom the promise had been made; and it was ordained through angels by a mediator. Now a mediator involves more than one party; but God is one. Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! […]
Songs of Praise to feature the Daily Devotions
Dear <<First Name>> The Daily Devotions from the URC are going to be featured on the BBC 1 Programme Songs of Praise! The programme has the theme “The Power of Prayer” and will include an interview with the Rev’d Dr Susan Durber who both writes and uses the Devotions as part of her own spiritual discipline. I […]
Daily Devotion by Andy Braunston
Mwanga II, the King of Buganda in 1886, wanted to seduce young men and, when all the Christian pages began to refuse his advances, he had them put to death. They included Catholics and Anglicans. On their way to the place of execution, these young Christians sang hymns in honour of the Lord and some […]
Daily Devotion by Ruth Browning
1 Listen to me, all you peoples,all who in the whole world dwell.2 Low and high, both rich and needy,hear the message I will tell. 3 I will speak with understanding;wisdom from the heart I’ll preach.4 I will listen to a proverb;secrets with the harp I’ll teach. 5 Why should I fear days of evil,when […]
Daily Devotion by Fiona Bennett
The early church in Galatia heard the Gospel through Paul, but they later came under the influence of other teaching which proposed that Christians should continue to follow the Jewish Law, including circumcision. Paul believed that this undermined the Gospel, but realised that his understanding required a very different interpretation of Scripture which did not […]
Daily Devotion by Craig Morrison
Just as Abraham ‘believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness’, so, you see, those who believe are the descendants of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, declared the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ‘All the Gentiles shall be blessed in you.’ For this reason, those […]
Daily Devotion by Trevor Jamison
I wonder what it would take for a United Reformed Church minister to tell the members of a URC congregation that they were all idiots. I think that it would take a lot, and that’s not just because of the likely consequences for the minister, whether they wrote it in a letter or, even more […]
Daily Devotion by Elizabeth Gray King
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the […]