Steven Gjerde

“And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, ‘He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.’” (Mark 7:27) Today’s devotion isn’t for learning. …

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.  (Ephesians 6:11) When cleaning my grandfather’s home, my family and…

“’Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ This mystery is profound, and I am saying…

“And he asked that he might die, saying, ‘It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.’ And he lay down…

“And vowed to her, ‘Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.’”  (Mark 6:23)   Half a kingdom: that’s all that Herod was willing…

“Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”  (2 Corinthians 12:9) Imagine, the next time someone criticizes…

“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?” (Job 38:2)   I suppose the best answer is simply to raise one’s own hand.  I am the one who…

“For we know that if the tent, which is our earthly home, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”…

And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.   So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.” (Mark 2:28) People…