Bursting the Bubble - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 27

PLUS...10 Things You Need to Know about the Number 666 [Crosswalk.com Logo]( Crosswalk: The Devotional [Devotionals]( [Newsletters]( [e-Cards]( Bursting the Bubble by Meghan Kleppinger “…We are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.”- [2 Peter 3:13]( Washington D.C. is a politically powerful city and it’s easy for young professionals working there to get carried away by all of its bells and whistles. As a recent college graduate who experienced this firsthand, I found that it doesn’t take long to adapt to the culture. It’s an exciting place to be, but the problem with becoming a full-blown Washingtonian is that too often, people forget why they are there to begin with. Most people move to Washington to support a cause or to work for a politician representing a state. I, for example, worked for a non-profit that worked to preserve family values, and many of my peers worked for their state senators or representatives. To help pop the D.C. bubble we were living in, several of us developed the discipline of reading our hometown papers online each morning. By reading the Richmond Times-Dispatch every day, I was reminded of my roots, culture, where I was from, and for whom I was really working. This practice, along with repeating our mantra, “this isn’t the real world,” enabled many of us to start each day in Washington as Virginians, Pennsylvanians, Texans, etc., representing the states we called home. [CONTINUE READING →]( You May Also Like: [10 Things You Need to Know about the Number 666]( Dr. Roger Barrier The number "666" is the number of the name of the coming Antichrist. Giving a number to a name is called "gematria," which is the Greek practice of adding up the letters in someone's name. Here's what else you need to know about the "number of the beast". [CONTINUE READING →]( [3 Things All Families Have in Common]( Mary Southerland Relational titles can be so charged with emotion. Father - mother - brother - sister - son - daughter - family. Those words can carry hurt with them. Or disappointment. Or shame. These are just not emotionally neutral terms. [CONTINUE READING →]( [Will I Still Be Married to My Spouse in Heaven?]( Hope Bolinger Will my spouse and I still be married in heaven? What if I've been remarried--how will that work in heaven? [CONTINUE READING →](                       Bible Trivia Question of the Day                                       What man lost his speech while in the temple of God? A. Caiaphas B. Peter C. Paul D. Zacharias [ANSWER THE QUESTION →]( [Crosswalk.com Logo]( [Read about Salem Web Network]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Email Preference Center]( | [View in Browser]( © 2022 Salem Web Network. All rights reserved. 111 Virginia Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219. This email is never sent unsolicited. You are receiving this email because your email address, {EMAIL}, is signed up to receive newsletters, updates, and special offers from Crosswalk.com - The Devotional. [Link](