Radically Happy

Category: Devotional

  • Nehemiah 3 Name Game

    What does it mean to take local responsibility for a global problem? How does leadership make a difference? Why do some people still not participate? Does one person matter? Is this how revolutions happen? “Read More” to pursue answers in Nehemiah.

  • Nehemiah 2 Wine and Pleas

    Questions: How do you start a revolution — without rebelling? What is the balance between prayer and preparation? How should we display emotion to dangerous men? How do we show mercy to discouraged men? “Read More” to pursue answers in Nehemiah.

  • Nehemiah 1 Disaster Report

    Questions: What is our response when disaster strikes those we love? Where is God? Can we really trust Him? Do we too have a burden to bear? What needs to be done? Will we take responsibility? “Read More” to pursue answers in Nehemiah.

  • Have You No Shame? (Romans 9, Hebrews 12)

    Consider how many common behaviors can be understand in terms of “shaming” and “counter-shaming”: pro wrestlers “talking smack” children (especially siblings) teasing each other yelling at drivers who cut us off in traffic non-lethal competition (and ultimate submission) among male mammals the addiction cycle and, even more seriously, rape and…

  • Watering Others by Charles Haddon Spurgeon

    Today’s devotional: We are here taught the great lesson, that to get, we must give; that to accumulate, we must scatter; that to make ourselves happy, we must make others happy; and that in order to become spiritually vigorous, we must seek the spiritual good of others. In watering others,…

  • How Should We Pray? (Daniel 10)

    Amen.Daniel 10:1-11:1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing [was] true, but the time appointed [was] long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.I realize the primary context here is revelations…

  • Exodus 40 Command Performance

    Questions: Who really does the work? When must leaders do the work themselves? How does our work relate to what God does? Can our work really contain God? Click “Read More” to pursue answers.

  • Exodus 35-39 Building Fun plus The Tale of the Mirrors

    Exodus 35-39 Building Fun plus The Tale of the Mirrors

    Questions: What does it take to build an institution? When is giving fun? What is the most important thing to remember? Can things still go wrong, even when doing God’s work? What is the most precious offering we can give? When have we given enough? “Read More” to pursue answers.

  • Exodus 34 Drive ‘n’ Reign

    This, in a sense, is why God’s judgement is “fair” — the Israelites are being judged by an even higher standard than their neighbors, and (as we shall see waaay down the road) will in turn be driven out if they fail.There may be an even more intriguing subtext here:…

  • Why Should We Pray? (Luke 18:1-8)

    If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”In other words, if a desperate widow has enough hope to continue pestering a lazy, unjust judge for…

  • Exodus 33-34:10 C’mon, Go With me

    Questions: Do we really need God? Does He want to be with us? Why does Moses want to see Him? Does it really matter? “Read More” to pursue answers.

  • Exodus 32:15-35 Calf Wars, Episode III: Vengeance of the Levi

    Questions: What is the price of leadership? Of purity? Is killing ever necessary? What will God forgive? What won’t He? “Read More” to pursue answers.

  • Exodus 32:7-14 Calf Wars, Episode II: Yahweh Strikes Back – NOT!

    Questions: Is God emotionally immature? Does He hate us? Is He still angry with us? Can Moses really act as God’s voice of reason? What does it mean to be a friend of God? Why do we need friends, anyway? “Read More” to pursue answers.

  • Exodus 32:1-6 Calf Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Hope

    Questions: What is a god? When do we need one? How is idolatry like addiction? Is Aaron still faithful to Yahweh in all this? Am I? “Read More” to pursue answers.

  • Exodus 30-31 Holy Crafts, Man

    Questions: Do material objects have a purpose? Why do we each have certain skills? Does God really care about art? “Read More” to pursue answers.

  • Exodus 29 Ordain-ary People

    Questions: Why do we ordain priests? How does that relate to consecrating altars? Why do we need rituals anyway? “Read More” to pursue answers.

  • Exodus 28 What (Not) To Wear

    Who cares how we dress? Does God? Why does it matter? What does He want to accomplish? How should a priest look, anyway? “Read More” to pursue answers.

  • Exodus 26-27 It’s Curtains For You

    Questions: Why spend so much time on curtains? Does God love engineering? Does physical reality really matter? “Read More” to pursue answers.

  • Exodus 25 Realtors of the Lost Ark

    Questions: Where is God? Why does He want a place of His own? What is our role in providing that? “Read More” to pursue answers.

  • Exodus 24 Buying In To Covenant

    Questions: What is the basis of covenant? What fealty do we owe God? How is that manifested? “Read More” to pursue answers.