By The Fire

Come, sit down. There’s room by the fire.

New here? Start here.

This is not another noisy corner of the internet. It is a quieter room in the house — a library, not a streak. You are not late if you open an older plate. Milk, Solid Food, Meat, and Names are shelves you can walk anytime. Daily devotionals may entice; the fire is for learning.

Wherever you are in your walk, you are welcome here. NewGrapes is here to teach and encourage: to help you know Christ better, love Him more, and carry that fire into the rest of your week.

The question that does not leave this room is the one Jesus asked: “Who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15)

How the shelves work

Quick hit — a short chew. Names that mean what they say, and other Milk at the door.

Sit a while — Solid Food and Meat for those who stay longer.

Names (quick hits)

Bible names often mean what they say. Enter any plate; you did not “miss” yesterday.

Ebenezer: Stone of Help · Names That Mean What They Say · Bethlehem: Place of Bread

All Names →

Milk

Faith That Survives Daylight · Look Where the Finger Points · Milk Is Not an Insult · Who Do You Say That I Am?

All Milk →

Solid Food (sit a while)

The Image Does Not Wait · Born Again or Just Well-Informed? · The Teacher Who Should Have Known · Paul Did Not Invent Him · When We Sacrifice Our Children · Dying Under the Lord of Life · The Whole Man · One Word – Presence

All Solid Food → (teaching plates; Spurgeon Morning & Evening lives under Devotional)

Meat

Theotokos: The Title Is About Jesus · He Knows Your Name · What Did God Do on Day 8? · Remember, Understand, Love Him · Outer Man, Inner Man

All Meat →

Chef’s Table

A longer hospitality plate:

Are You Being Fed?

Chef’s Table →

Daily enticement

Spurgeon Morning & Evening is on the table every day — come for today’s, or open any past day. It is food, not a FOMO feed.

Devotionals →

We will not stuff you on the front step. We will not starve you if you sit down. We will not steal you from the people God already gave you. There is room by the fire.

— J.L. Morgan