Steven Gjerde

“Behold, the Lord God helps me; who will declare me guilty?” (Isaiah 50:9) Look at the late summer flowers waving in the sun, like peasants desperate to catch a king’s…

“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.”…