morning minutes
Sign up to receive your daily Morning Minute by Dr. Howard Dial.
*You will receive an email with the confirmation link within the next five minutes (check your spam folder).
-
A Truth about Tragedies
“And he answered them, ‘Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?’” Luke 13:2 April 11, 2025 A plane crashes and all are killed. A tornado sweeps through a town in the middle of the night. An active shooter leaves multiple deaths of…
-
God Is Not a Good-Luck Charm
“As soon as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel gave a mighty shout, so that the earth resounded.”1 Samuel 4:5 April 10, 2025 Israel was to have been a witness nation to her pagan neighbors. They had a record of defeating the Philistines in battle. But not…
-
A Sword in the Family
“They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” Luke 12:53 April 9, 2025 Christ came to divide. Does that startle you? Jesus said, “Do you think I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell,…
-
The Love of Christ
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword.?” Romans 8:35 April 7, 2025 As a Christian, have you ever doubted Christ’s love for you? Sufferings and hardships can’t cut us off from our Redeemer. Christ’s love for us is the…
-
Two Lights
“Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who equip yourselves with burning torches! Walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have kindled! This you have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment.” Isaiah 50:11 April 4, 2025 The Light of God is the Servant of God. That…
-
Dark Days
“Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.” Isaiah 50:10 April 2, 2025 Israel’s Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, is revealed as God’s Servant in Isaiah 50:4-11. How…
-
Striking a Bargain with Sin
“So now I say, I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.” Judges 2:3 March 31, 2025 On the heels of victory came defeat and decline. The book of Judges is the sad story of how defeat was…
-
Light for Holy Grief
“The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 March 28, 2025 The third chapter of Lamentations contains some of the most well-known passages in the Bible. We love reading that “the steadfast love of the Lord never…
-
Lamentations
“How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave.” Lamentations 1:1 March 26, 2025 The saddest and most neglected book of the Bible – Lamentations. The prophet Jeremiah…