by Mike Woodruff | Apr 3, 2020 | The Friday Update
The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah. 2 Chronicles 36:21 It’s not often that a passage in 2 Chronicles seems so prescient. But the...
by Mike Woodruff | Mar 27, 2020 | The Friday Update
When the foundations crumble, what can the righteous do? Psalm 11:3 I recently stumbled upon the above text during my devotional reading. After some reflection, I realized the question can be asked three different ways: 1) Rhetorically – i.e., as an admission of our...
by Mike Woodruff | Mar 20, 2020 | The Friday Update
So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth. Genesis...
by Mike Woodruff | Mar 13, 2020 | The Friday Update
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. Paul, 2 Corinthians 4 On weeks when pandemics are spreading and markets are crashing, it is good to be reminded that a God of love sent His Son to rescue and redeem...
by Mike Woodruff | Mar 6, 2020 | The Friday Update
I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. Psalm 3 Psalm 3 is a favorite of mine. For starters, though I seldom struggle with fear, there are days when it feels like I have ten thousand problems. Secondly, I take comfort knowing that David wrote...
