Sounds good: a devotional book for Nazarenes to use for spiritual guidance, and it does have some very good lessons in it, from what I hear. This 14-week devotional book includes daily scripture readings from the Old Testament and New Testament, prayers, and each Sunday, a small sermon with journaling space.This book is specifically designed to be used, either individually or for small groups, from Ash Wednesday to Pentecost. Here is a partial description of the book from their site: There is a new devotional book that is available at NPH called Ashes To Fire. Or perhaps like the frog in the water slowly heating up, and then its too late when he realizes he’s getting cooked alive.Įnter again the Nazarene Publishing House, which I have warned you about regarding many books it is promoting, as well as it’s youth arm, Barefoot Ministries, which is promoting contemplative prayer practices and Roman Catholic monastic mysticism. Like slowly poisoning someone to death over a long period of time. It’s been happening in incremental, little baby steps.

I’m not Chicken Little, yet I am only one among a growing number of Nazarenes who are saying that in many ways, “the sky is falling.” Something serious is really happening, and has really been changing the essence of the Church of the Nazarene for quite a while now.

After the acorn fell on his head, and he panicked, and sent the town into a needless frenzy, they just did not believe he was credible, when the real danger finally came. In the story of Chicken Little, the townspeople ignored the little guy because they just did not believe him that something serious was happening.

Consistency of ashes for imposition