First Priorities Date: Monday, July 20, 2026 Readings: Haggai 1-2 | Psalm 18:26-50 Take a look at this overview video of Haggai from the Bible Project for context as we move through the final stages of the Old Testament. Haggai confronts the returned exiles. They're distracted. They’re Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Constant Renewal Date: Sunday, July 19, 2026 Today in Church History: On the night of July 19, 64 AD, a catastrophic fire broke out in Rome, devastating two-thirds of the city. To deflect rumors that he had orchestrated the blaze himself, Emperor Nero blamed the city's Christian community, igniting Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Remembering Our Way Forward Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026 Today in Church History: On July 18, 1870, the First Vatican Council officially promulgated the dogmatic constitution Pastor Aeternus, defining the Roman Catholic dogma of papal infallibility, affirming that when the Pope speaks ex cathedra to define a doctrine on faith or morals for the Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
The Seat of Joy Date: Friday, July 17, 2026 Today in Church History: On July 17, 1505, a young man named Martin Luther shocked his father and friends by giving away his personal belongings and walking through the gates of the Augustinian Cloister in Erfurt, Germany, to become a monk. Just fifteen days prior, Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
The Threat Within Date: Thursday, July 16, 2026 Today in Church History: On July 16, 1054, Cardinal Humbert walked into the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople during the divine liturgy and placed a bull of excommunication on the high altar. This dramatic confrontation became the historic flashpoint of the Great Schism between Eastern Orthodoxy Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Pray First, Then Build Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Today in Church History: On July 15, 1149, Crusader leaders consecrated the newly renovated Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, uniting all the traditional sites of Christ's passion and resurrection under a single monumental roof. Readings: Nehemiah 1-2 | Psalm 14 Nehemiah Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
