The Knee Jerk Devotional

October 24, 2023 // Jeremiah 2:20-28 24.10.2023 2:18 ↓

What tracks are you leaving in the desert dust?

October 23, 2023 // Jeremiah 2:4-19 23.10.2023 2:23 ↓

Will I trust in God's goodness or my silly schemes?

October 18, 2023 // Jeremiah 1:1-10 18.10.2023 2:02 ↓

Welcome back to The Knee Jerk Devotional, mostly daily devotionals. I respond to my reading of Jeremiah 1:1-10 today.

Use Your Head and Heart 01.07.2022 4:35 ↓

John 7:20-24 How do I know what’s right? That’s a question that plagues many of us. It seems to find us everywhere we go. As we scroll the social media feeds or we see the news or as we parent or as we talk with friends, this question is lingering in the background. So what do we do?

We Just Try To Make Ourselves Look Good 29.06.2022 3:47 ↓

Jesus once said, “A person making things up tries to make himself look good. But someone trying to honor the one who sent him sticks to the facts and doesn’t tamper with reality.” Read that again. If I put that into my own words, I’d say, “When we forget who we are really are, we lose the plot.” So many of us have lost the plot. We’ve lost our sense of self. We have become so bound to our politica...

Humility or Fear? 28.06.2022 4:09 ↓

The great theologian Michael Scott once said, “Would I rather be feared or loved? Um… easy, both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.” This always makes me chuckle because it rings so true. What kind of leader is a good leader? The one who casts fear in their followers or the one that creates love? I think we would say the latter, yet so much of what we see in our institutions is...

231. Yeah But 03.05.2022 9:00 ↓

John 6:27-59

230. Slipping Off... 08.04.2022 7:48 ↓

John 6:1-15

229. The Working Agenda 06.04.2022 7:48 ↓

John 5:41-47

228. God, Jesus, and Bobby Knight? 06.04.2022 5:15 ↓

John 5:39-40

227. Seriously! 23.03.2022 5:32 ↓

John 5:28-38

226. Greeters Not Gatekeepers! 22.03.2022 3:43 ↓

John 5:24-27

225. No Shut Outs! 18.03.2022 5:01 ↓

John 5:19-23

224. Even on the Sabbath! 16.03.2022 5:19 ↓

John 5:1-18

223. A Bridge Too Far? 15.03.2022 5:56 ↓

John 4:43-54

222. Firsthand Jive 18.02.2022 3:33 ↓

John 4:39-42

221. Standing With Giants 16.02.2022 4:54 ↓

John 4:31-38

220. Go and Do 09.02.2022 3:30 ↓

John 4:31-34

219. That Kind of Woman 08.02.2022 4:01 ↓

John 4:25-30

218. All That Matters 01.02.2022 5:22 ↓

John 4:15-24

217. The Generous One 26.01.2022 4:28 ↓

John 4:3-14

216. Just Don't Play 25.01.2022 4:15 ↓

John 4:1-3

215. Extravagance! 21.01.2022 5:08 ↓

John 3:22-36

214. Just That 18.01.2022 5:39 ↓

John 3:1-8

213. Later 14.01.2022 4:14 ↓

John 2:13-25