Written Devotions
Daily devotions written by Pastor Mike and many other Time of Grace writers. These Bible-based messages cover a wide variety of topics and help you seek what matters most in life: Jesus. Join the thousands of people who receive these devotions for encouragement by subscribing to have them delivered to your inbox each morning.
Hope after an affair
I sat down with a woman a few years after her husband’s affair. After recounting the pain and struggle, she told me about the…
How to heal from infidelity
I interviewed a number of couples from my church that had been through and healed from an affair. I then developed an equation to…
How adultery happens
Few Christians see themselves as the kind of people who would commit adultery. Yet it happens. Here’s a common pattern: First, deprivation. A spouse…
Adultery? Don’t!
Of the 55 uses of the word adultery in the Bible, the very first one that shows up is this: “You shall not commit…
Show up and show Jesus
What do you do if your friend cheated on their spouse? How do you show grace and truth as they try to put together…
Grace shows up
What do you do if your friend was cheated on? How do you show grace and truth as they try to put together the…
When friends cheat
One of the hardest times to be a good friend is when your friend cheats (or is cheated on). When adultery happens by or…
“Pastor, do you keep these commandments?”
One evening after teaching a classroom of teenagers about sex, marriage, and living together, a young man raised his hand and asked, “Pastor Mike,…
Grace isn’t our excuse
Every year I have the privilege of talking about biblical sexuality at a local Christian high school where many of the students have been…
No cover-ups for evil allowed!
In November 2022, Harvey Weinstein was on trial—again—for raping women who originally met with him thinking the powerful Hollywood figure was simply going to…
Can Christians live together before marriage?
That title deserves careful thought as we seek a biblical answer: “Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for…
Our King is worth it!
Twice a year I have the privilege of dialoguing with some local teenagers about my little book Gay & God. While I try to…