June 18 Father, You made a promise to Abraham. Your promise was fulfilled by your Son and sealed by the Spirit. By grace through faith, I belong to this beautiful kaleidoscope called the church. In your family purchased by Jesus and birthed by the blood of Jesus are people of different ethnicities and cultures. As … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

June 17 Somehow we have been deceived into thinking that loving our brothers and sisters of a different ethnicity, political party, socioeconomic class, or gender is optional.  Loving and living in unity is not optional.  Reconciliation is intrinsic to the gospel of our King  (Gray, Derwin “How to Heal Our Racial Divide” pg 41) Day … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

June 14 Ultimately, there is only one race-the human race-that is composed of a beautiful array of ethnicities, all in need of redemption  (Gray, Derwin, “How to Heal Our Racial Divide” pg 31) Day 111 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.  Click here for updates in Ukraine.  It appears that America is quickly losing interest in … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

June 13 God has always longed to have a single, worldwide, multinational, multiethnic family of coheirs and equals in Christ, who love him by loving each other.  (Gray, Derwin, “How to Heal Our Racial Divide” pg 29) Day 110 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.  Click here for updates of the Ukraine crisis.  Despite all the … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

June 9 The reason I preach about race so much is that the Bible does. The reason I preach against the sin of racism so much is that the Bible does. The reason I preach ethnic unity in the church so much is that the Bible does.  (Gray, Derwin, “How to Heal Our Racial Divide” … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

June 8 You are probably reading this book because you want to make a difference.  I wrote this book because I want to make a difference too.  Like you, my soul is weary from the racial divide in the church and in our country.  (Gray, Derwin, “How to Heal Our Racial Divide” pg 2) Day … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

June 3 When we pursue the righteousness and moral purity called for by the gospel and proclaim that Jesus is the only way to the Father, the irreligious will persecute us and call us self-righteous or narrow-minded.  We will be too conservative for the liberals, and we will be too liberal for the conservatives.  Love … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

May 31 When I say revival, I do not mean a sweaty tent meeting in a small country town.  I mean that we, Jesus’ church -that is, his community of siblings-can have a deeper, more faithful experience of what it means to follow Him and embody His kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.  … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion

May 30 We need a flash of lightning in America to spark a revival.  (Gray, Derwin  “The Good Life” pg. 202) Day 96 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.  The focus of evil has shifted away from Eastern Europe and back to good-old-America.  So, yes, I am still reading about the horrific war in Ukraine, but … More Common Sense REBORN

May 24 In our post-Christian culture, church attendance is dropping, the rise of those who claim no religious affiliation is rising, and belief in God, reading the Bible, and prayer have been declining for decades.  (Gray, Derwin  “The Good Life” pg. 190) Day 91 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.  The conflict has surpassed three months, … More Common Sense REBORN Devotion