Gleanings From The Word

Daily devotionals from Scripture to nourish your faith, deepen your prayer life, and grow in God's grace.

Kevin Corbin

Those Little Doubts 0

Those Little Doubts

Those nagging little doubts get in the way. We trudt God but we want assurances that things will work out exactly aas we wish.

Bumble bees and the sweetness of God’s Word. 0

Bumble bees and the sweetness of God’s Word.

The humble bumble bee (Bombus species), one of the most important native pollinators in Canada. Unlike honey bees, bumble bees can fly in cool, cloudy, and even lightly rainy conditions. They generate heat by vibrating their flight muscles before takeoff, allowing them to become active when temperatures are only a few degrees above freezing. Bumbles are quite gentle and rarely sting. Unlike honeybees, their stinger isn’t...

Getting older and the hope of glory 0

Getting older and the hope of glory

I know I’m getting older. I used to hop up and down into the bed of a pickup with no problem. Now I much prefer to use a step stool. It’s not as cool, but I don’t look or feel as uncoordinated as I would without one, and frankly, it’s safer. As they say, “Getting older isn’t for wimps.” For all my young friends, you...

Faith and Works: Resting in the Balance God Designed  0

Faith and Works: Resting in the Balance God Designed 

There is a weird tension in Christianity between faith and works. The bible is abundantly clear that we are saved by faith For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:8-10 At the same...