Sermons & Devotionals by Anne Ortlund

Temptation. A new one comes every day of the week. Tomorrow is Sunday morning, and I'm here in the house all alone for the weekend -- for long, precious hours to work on this book. The deadline is near. Ray is at the National Religious Broadcasters' convention in Washington. He won't know if I go to... Read More

Do you have lots of money, at least comparably speaking? Can you buy nice clothes, live in a nice house, do things some others can't do? It's important for you to see that importance isn't very important. Here's something Francis de Sales said in 1609 (and I don't understand 1609 humor, so I don't k... Read More

I crawled into bed last night thinking about Ray's news, that a fellow is going to do a few guest-speaker spots on Ray's Haven of Rest broadcast. Ray was still in the bathroom, but I called in loudly to him, "Did you tell him it's to renew and encourage believers? We don't want somebody ranting and ... Read More

There was a time when the Israelites in the desert had gotten into so much sin that God sent snakes among them to bite them, and many died. But then God said to Moses, "Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live." So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on ... Read More