Taste and See Date: Friday, August 7, 2026 Readings: Mark 6 | Psalm 34:1-11 Check out this great overview video of the Gospel of Mark from the Bible Project. Mark 6 is a chapter of miracles that defy the laws of nature. Jesus feeds five thousand hungry people from a boy’s Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
The Great Commission Date: Thursday, August 6, 2026 Today in Church History: On August 6, 1504, William Tyndale was born in Gloucestershire, England; the man who would ultimately be executed for translating the New Testament into English, giving common people access to Scripture in their own language for the first time. His final Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Blessed Are the Forgiven Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Today in Church History: On August 5, 1900, the Chinese Christian evangelist Liu Fengshi, a former gambler and opium addict who became a follower of Jesus, was martyred during the height of the Boxer Rebellion. As violent anti-Christian sentiment swept through China, Liu offered Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
I Surrender Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Today in Church History: On August 4, 1532, the Protestant reformer Guillaume Farel was expelled from Geneva following his public preaching and heated debates with Catholic clergy. Farel's ministry laid the vital groundwork for Geneva's transition to the Reformation. His expulsion Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Refuge for the Ready Date: Monday, August 3, 2026 Today in Church History: On August 3, 1492 Columbus set sail from Spain, chasing gold and glory, as the story goes. But a lesser-known fact is that his diaries and letters indicate a genuine conviction that a shortcut to the East by sea would Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Waiting with Confidence Date: Sunday, August 2, 2026 Today in Church History: On August 2, 1934, Adolf Hitler consolidated his power by merging the presidency and chancellorship. In response that same summer, Church leaders Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Karl Barth, and others published the Barmen Declaration, confessing that Christ alone is the Lord, and He Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
