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  Satan in the Book of Job

  The book of Job presents Satan as a heavenly being inside the Lord’s celestial assembly who raises questions about character and motive and instigates divine action.

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  Devotion for October 15, 2026

  Christ’s Saving Work Hebrews 9:25–28 So Christ [has been] offered once to bear the sins of many. Hebrews 9:28 Jesus’s offering of himself was the perfect and final sacrifice for sin. Therefore, nothing more needs to be done or can be done to reconcile sinful men and women to God. Jesus’s sacrifice of himself was a real sacrifice for sin, not a symbol that merely pointed forward to something else, as the Old Testament sacrifices did.

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• ByFaith2026-10-14✓ Read

  Ministry on PCA’s Frontier

  When it comes to the continental United States, Fargo is the Presbyterian Church in America’s final frontier.

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• ByFaith2026-10-14✓ Read

  Devotion for October 14, 2026

  Our Great High Priest Hebrews 8:1–6 We have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven. Hebrews 8:1 Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament priestly function in two ways, by offering himself up as a sacrifice for sin (which the Old Testament priests could not do) and by interceding for his people in heaven. That Jesus is himself the sacrifice for sins makes clear that his priesthood is different from and superior to the Old Testament priesthoods. There are other differences too.

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• ByFaith2026-10-13✓ Read

  Devotion for October 13, 2026

  Priest and King Hebrews 7:11–28 For it is witnessed of him, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.” Hebrews 7:17 The author of Hebrews stresses that Jesus is a priest forever in Melchizedek’s order, as opposed to any other kind of priesthood. So we ask, What is it about Melchizedek that points to the superiority of Jesus’s priesthood? Why is it important that Jesus be a priest in Melchizedek’s order rather than in the order of Aaron (v. 11)?

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• ByFaith2026-10-13✓ Read

  Scott Swain | The Covenant of Redemption

  On this episode of What Christians Believe, host Derek Rishmawy and Scott Swain tackle one of the most foundational and misunderstood pieces of covenant theology: The Covenant of Redemption. Rather than a covenant between God and humanity, this is the pre-temporal, intra-Trinitarian arrangement between the Father and the Son as the one to be incarnate, laying the eternal groundwork for everything the series has covered so far.

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• ByFaith2026-10-12✓ Read

  The Patina of Ordinary Faithfulness

  The Lord is pleased to spend a lifetime molding and making us after the likeness of Christ, working in us what pleases him, using perhaps decades of ordinary faithfulness, in which our lives develop a patina that reflects the beauty of Christ.

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• ByFaith2026-10-12✓ Read

  Devotion for October 12, 2026

  The Throne of Grace Hebrews 4:14–18 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace. Hebrews 4:16 Because of who God is and what Jesus Christ has done in dying for us, changing the throne of judgment into a throne of grace, we who trust Christ are to draw near the throne of grace in confidence. If we came in our own merit, we could have no confidence at all. The throne of God would be a place of terror.

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• ByFaith2026-10-09✓ Read

  Devotion for October 9, 2026

  Our Advocate Hebrews 2:14–18 That he might become a merciful and faithful high priest. Hebrews 2:17 Jesus fulfilled his priestly role, first, by the offering up of himself as a sacrifice for sin and, second, by interceding for his people in heaven. There is a wonderful word that is used for this mediatorial function of intercession, and it is doubly wonderful because it is also used of the earthly ministry of the Holy Spirit on our behalf. In the Greek language the word is parakletos.

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• ByFaith2026-10-09✓ Read

  Sunday Worship After SEC Gameday

  Faith and college football both run deep in towns like Starkville, Mississippi.

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• ByFaith2026-10-07✓ Read

  The Importance of Becoming Heavenly-Minded Christians

  Dane Ortlund’s newest volume shows how the hope of heaven puts life in proper perspective.

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• ByFaith2026-10-07✓ Read

  Devotion for October 7, 2026

  The Trinity Titus 3:4–7 God our Savior . . . saved us . . . by . . . the Holy Spirit . . . through Jesus Christ our Savior. Titus 3:4–6 It is common among Christians to divide the work of God among the three persons, applying the work of creation to the Father, the work of redemption to the Son, and the work of sanctification to the Holy Spirit. A more correct way of speaking is to say that each member of the Trinity cooperates in each work. One example is the work of creation.

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• ByFaith2026-10-06✓ Read

  Devotion for October 6, 2026

  The Christian’s “Death Benefits” 2 Timothy 4:6–18 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness. 2 Timothy 4:8 The first great benefit of death for Christians is that death brings a permanent freedom from evil. The Christian who has tasted the delight of God’s righteousness longs for a purity that he will never have on earth. He longs to be free of sin, pain, care, and anxiety. And he knows that death brings freedom. The second great benefit of death to believers is that they will be like Jesus.

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• ByFaith2026-10-06✓ Read

  David Strain | The New Covenant

  On this episode of What Christians Believe, host Derek Rishmawy and David Strain explore the New Covenant, the promise that all of Scripture has been building toward. They trace how the New Covenant fulfills and completes the Old Covenant, unpack the meaning of “the law written on the heart,” and discuss what it means to live in light of the incredible privileges believers now have in Christ.

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• ByFaith2026-10-05✓ Read

  PCA Prayer Guide Begins Second Year

  “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us” (1 John 5:14).

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  Devotion for October 5, 2026

  Strong in Grace 2 Timothy 4:1–8 I charge you . . . : preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort. 2 Timothy 4:1–2 What a tremendous charge, especially in light of the situation in the church and world that Timothy lived in. How could Timothy possibly hope to carry it out? It seems to me that there are three answers. First, this is God’s charge to Timothy and the charge of the Lord Jesus Christ, not merely Paul’s charge.

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• ByFaith2026-10-03✓ Read

  A Gift Every Pastor Needs: Courage

  What does your pastor need most this Pastor Appreciation Month? Courage.

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• ByFaith2026-10-02✓ Read

  A Theology of Science Beyond Apologetics

  Christians need a broader vision of science as a doxological vocation, exploring and communicating the greatness of the Creator.

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  Devotion for October 2, 2026

  Word of the Living God 2 Timothy 3:14–17 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable. 2 Timothy 3:16 It is in the Bible alone that we can learn of God’s redemption of sinners in Christ, and it is through the Bible and on the basis of the Bible that the Spirit speaks to individuals. Without the Scriptures our imagined wisdom runs to mere foolishness.

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• ByFaith2026-10-01✓ Read

  Devotion for October 1, 2026

  The Word of Truth 2 Timothy 2:14–15 A worker . . . rightly handling the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 The Bible is given by God in order to provoke a personal response in us. Consequently, if we do not allow that to happen, we inevitably misuse the Bible (even in studying it) and so pervert its intention and misinterpret it. We have an example of this from Christ’s day in his words to the Jewish leaders, as recorded in John 5. On this occasion Jesus said, “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life;

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• ByFaith2026-10-01✓ Read

  When Cultural Images Become Christian Ideals

  Kendra Dahl reviews Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt’s new book, “Look Like a Lady: Five Visual Tropes of Womanhood and How to See Ourselves Differently.”

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• ByFaith2026-09-30✓ Read

  Devotion for September 30, 2026

  Remember the Resurrection 2 Timothy 2:1–13 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead. 2 Timothy 2:8 We are to remember the resurrection of Jesus Christ because, if we do remember it, we will always have a satisfying gospel. The truth of the resurrection of Jesus Christ satisfies. There is much in life that is not satisfying. We may be satisfied for a time. But the pleasures soon pale and satisfaction fades. When we are young and life lies before us, the offerings of the world are not bad, it seems.

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• ByFaith2026-09-30✓ Read

  How God Meets Us in Our Aloneness

  William Smith’s book “You Are Not Alone: How God Solves Our Isolation and Loneliness,” provides a framework for understanding our relational design and moves us toward a deeper understanding of the gospel truth we can cling to when we feel utterly alone.

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• ByFaith2026-09-29✓ Read

  Devotion for September 29, 2026

  Why Christ Became Man 1 Timothy 2:1–7 Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all. 1 Timothy 2:5–6 The death of Christ on the cross is the true meaning of the incarnation. Christmas by itself is no gospel. The life of Christ is no gospel. Even the resurrection is no gospel. For the Good News is that sin has been dealt with, that Jesus has suffered its penalty for us and as our representative so that we might never have to suffer it, and that therefore there is nothing left for all who should believe on him but heaven.

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• ByFaith2026-09-29✓ Read

  Ligon Duncan | The Davidic Covenant

  On this episode of What Christians Believe, host Derek is joined by Ligon Duncan to discuss the Davidic Covenant. They walk through 2 Samuel 7, tracing how God’s promise to build David a “house” concentrates the earlier covenant threads from Abraham and Moses into a single royal line, and how that promise, seemingly broken by the exile, finds its full and surprising fulfillment in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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• ByFaith2026-09-28✓ Read

  Devotion for September 28, 2026

  Day of Judgment 1 Thessalonians 4:13–5:11 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Christ’s coming will be a joy for Christians, who will be raised to meet him. But it will also mean the beginning of Christ’s judgments for those who have spurned the gospel. Christians acknowledge this truth every time they recite the Apostles’ Creed, for they say that Jesus will come again from heaven “to judge the living and the dead.”

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• ByFaith2026-09-28✓ Read

  Covenant Seminary Welcomes Largest Incoming M.Div. Class Since 2012

  Covenant Theological Seminary is pleased to announce that its incoming class for fall 2026 includes the largest number of first-year Master of Divinity students the school has seen since 2012. Of the more than 60 new MDiv students who started classes this fall, 85% are what the seminary classifies as “pastor-minded”— those seeking to serve in ordained pastoral ministry as local church pastors, church planters, campus ministers, missionaries, and other pastoral roles. This constitutes a year-over-year increase of 38% in pastor-minded students.

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• ByFaith2026-09-25✓ Read

  The Kellers, Father and Son, Examine America’s Cultural Narratives

  In this father-son project, Tim and Michael Keller identify and examine the stories that shape American culture.

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• ByFaith2026-09-25✓ Read

  Devotion for September 25, 2026

  Grace, Seasoned with Salt Colossians 4:2–6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt. Colossians 4:6 What should the Christian’s conversation be like? This verse suggests five characteristics. 1. Our words should be kind. God is kind to us. Therefore, we should be kind when we speak to other people. God’s words are gracious words. Ours should be gracious also. Words do hurt. Sometimes words kill. So do not harm by your words. Speak kindly. 2. Our speech should be serious.

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• ByFaith2026-09-24✓ Read

  A Conversation With Author Daniel Nayeri

  Daniel Nayeri shares about his books, his family’s refugee story, Tim Keller’s influence, and the craft of writing for young readers.

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• ByFaith2026-09-24✓ Read

  Devotion for September 24, 2026

  The Power of Remembering Philippians 4:10–20 No church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. Philippians 4:15 You only! Not only were the Philippians distinguished by the fact that they had remembered Paul in his need—that was significant—they had also been the only ones to remember him. There is always a special aura about someone who does something for you when only that one has remembered to do it.

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• ByFaith2026-09-23✓ Read

  “Come and See” God’s Work at 2027 General Assembly

  When Jesus’ future disciple Nathanael expressed skepticism that the Messiah, or anything good, could come from Nazareth, Philip responded with an invitation: “Come and see” (John 1:46).

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• ByFaith2026-09-23✓ Read

  Devotion for September 23, 2026

  The Promise of Peace Philippians 4:4–7 In everything by prayer and supplication . . . let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:6 God invites us to place our earnest requests before him. This is God’s cure for anxiety. God invites you to place your request about these things that trouble you before him. The promise is that the peace of God will keep your heart and mind through Christ Jesus. Notice that these verses do not say we shall necessarily receive the things we ask for.

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• ByFaith2026-09-22✓ Read

  Devotion for September 22, 2026

  No Regrets Philippians 3:12–21 I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Philippians 3:12 Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper tells the story of how a prince and a pauper exchange places. The pauper, mistaken for the prince, is taken to live in the palace, while the prince is turned back to the poor streets of London where he suffers great indignities before he eventually regains his rightful place and the throne.

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• ByFaith2026-09-22✓ Read

  Drew Martin | The Mosaic Covenant

  On this episode of What Christians Believe, host Derek is joined by Drew Martin to tackle the Mosaic Covenant, the covenant given at Sinai that most people think of when they hear “the law” or “the Old Covenant.” Their conversation covers where the covenant is found in Scripture, how it forms Israel into a nation and a kingdom of priests, the perennial theological puzzle of law and grace within it, and how its story of failure sets up the need for Christ as the true and faithful Israel.

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• ByFaith2026-09-21✓ Read

  Devotion for September 21, 2026

  Spiritual Sensitivity Philippians 3:1–11 The righteousness from God that depends on faith. Philippians 3:9 Will you accept God’s verdict upon your goodness and turn to him for the righteousness he gives you by grace? Paul did this, for he says that his desire was to be found in Christ, not having his own righteousness, which is of the law, but having that which is through faith in Christ—righteousness from God by faith. Quite a few years ago a man was brought into the emergency room in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, with a dislocated spine.

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• ByFaith2026-09-21✓ Read

  Fighting the Villain of Perfectionism

  By dissecting perfectionism through the lens of the Biblical story arch, we see its true nature.

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• ByFaith2026-09-19✓ Read

  The Cities Behind the Letters You’ve Read All Your Life

  Saturday Spotlight: You have read Philippians, Ephesians, and more for years. Twelve days on Paul’s route, October 2027, and you come home having stood where they were received. With Dr. David Garner.

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• ByFaith2026-09-18✓ Read

  Devotion for September 18, 2026

  Every Knee Shall Bow Philippians 2:5–11 Every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:11 Here we read that the confession that will be made—that Jesus Christ is Lord— will result in glory to God the Father. This is not true of any honor given to humans. If you glorify human beings, you dishonor God.

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• ByFaith2026-09-18✓ Read

  Covenant College Celebrates its Largest Ever Enrollment

  Covenant College has reached the largest traditional undergraduate enrollment in its history, with 1,074 students for the fall 2026 semester.

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• ByFaith2026-09-17✓ Read

  Protecting the PCA’s Shared Identity

  In an age of deepfakes, it becomes more important than ever for the PCA to steward its intellectual property.

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• ByFaith2026-09-17✓ Read

  Devotion for September 17, 2026

  No Disappointments Philippians 1:12–30 Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. Philippians 1:20 Think of the scope of this statement in verse 20. In the first place, Paul knew that Christ would be magnified. Paul lived in an environment in which the pagan gods were worshiped and all power seemed to be on the side of pagan Rome. But he knew that Christ would ultimately be exalted and would rule in power until he had crushed all enemies beneath his feet.

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• ByFaith2026-09-16✓ Read

  Devotion for September 16, 2026

  Finishing His Work Philippians 1:3–11 He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6 When I was in grade school, I spent a number of summers at a Christian camp in Canada. One summer I spent several hours watching one of the campers learn to climb a telephone pole. This boy was one of these campers who partially pay for their vacation by working; and since the camp needed more adequate wiring, he had the job of stringing the wires. For that he had to learn to climb a pole.

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• ByFaith2026-09-16✓ Read

  Reformed Apologetics: Persuasively Confronting Idols

  The Reformed apologist aims to demonstrate the deep resonance between God’s Word and God’s world.

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• ByFaith2026-09-15✓ Read

  Sean Michael Lucas | The Abrahamic Covenant

  On this episode of What Christians Believe, host Derek Rishmawy is joined by Sean Michael Lucas to explore the Abrahamic Covenant, the pivotal promise of offspring, land, and blessing given to Abraham in Genesis. Together, they trace how God’s promises to Abraham echo the earlier promise in Genesis 3, unfold through Abraham’s story of faith and failure, and ultimately find their fulfillment in Jesus Christ.

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• ByFaith2026-09-15✓ Read

  Devotion for September 15, 2026

  Spiritual Warfare Ephesians 6:10–18 Put on the whole armor of God. Ephesians 6:11 The battle of the Christian is not simply against particularly evil men and women. Rather it involves “the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places” (v. 12). The spiritual forces against which we struggle are not holy or beneficent. They are wicked and destructive. And their work of evil and error will carry the world into a new dark age unless Christians stand firm. Thus, Paul admonishes us to “put on the whole armor of God” and stand against Satan.

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