Lori Hatcher
The story of Daniel in the lion’s den was one of the first stories I learned as a child. Right up there with Jonah and the whale and Noah and his ark, the story of Daniel’s brave refusal to stop prayi...
Jessica Brodie
Reading the Old Testament with an eye on the New Testament indicates another perspective about the violence throughout the earth’s earlier days. We know God’s ultimate plan involves rescuing His peopl...
Jessica Brodie
It’s important for us to understand the curse of Ham — which is really the curse of Canaan — so we can understand how much God values respect, particularly respecting one’s parents....
Laura Lee Leathers
What does it take for us to come boldly before the throne of grace? Actually, it's not as hard as we may think....
Barbara Latta
The Lord called for memorials and celebrations to occur on multiple occasions throughout history. Joshua commanded a member of each tribe to take a stone and set it up on the banks of the Jordan River...
Mike Leake
Asaph seemed to be one of the more contemplative of the authors. He was able to see the depth of brutish temptation within his own heart, but also the steadfast anchor of God’s love for him. ...
Rev. Kyle Norman
Alisha Headley
Growing up, I always considered the Bible to be rather boring. Parts of it intrigued me as I learned the most popular stories: Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Ark. And then of course fast fo...
Lisa Loraine Baker
The Old Testament sacrifices show us it’s the blood which makes atonement. The life (blood) of the animal is poured out in its death, which brings peace between God and the people (Leviticus 17:11). J...
Heather Adams
As Halloween approaches, it’s natural for our thoughts to turn to spooky images and tales. Believe it or not, the Bible has its share of scary stories to read. In both the Old and New Testamen...
In time there are many Sabbaths, but someday there shall be the enjoyment and keeping of a Sabbath-rest that is perfect and eternal. ...
Jessica Brodie
There are dozens of times the number 40 is mentioned throughout the Bible, as well. For instance, Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah (Genesis 25:20). The Israelites wandered 40 years in...
Blair Parke
Are they only to remain at a distance – maybe even invisible to us – until an appointed time set by God? Or can we talk with angels any time we want, able to call them down from heaven to speak with a...
Heather Adams
King David is known as an example of a Godly worshipper. In fact, God said about him, “I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will” (Ac...
Alyssa Roat
King David is one of the most prominent heroes of the Old Testament. But working in the background, and often forgotten, was Nathan the Prophet. Nathan was responsible for guiding and sometimes rebuki...
Meg Bucher
God’s ancient people followed religious laws for every way of their lives, from personal to societal, even in the way they worshiped God! When the curtain, which represented so much of that, tore in t...
Hope Bolinger
There are several mountains mentioned in the Bible, but what are the most important mountains in the Bible. And what happened at each location?...
Pamela Palmer
Perhaps what David wrote about being in the presence of the Lord all his days is a concept that draws you in and reminds you how great it is to know the Lord and experience His great love....
Dr. Dikkon Eberhart
Methuselah was the eighth among the antediluvian patriarchs, those precursors of our modern type of humanity. They lived long; we live short....
Lisa Loraine Baker
We see the word covenant in many church names, but what is a covenant? What does it mean when theologians say an Adamic covenant goes back to the Garden of Eden?...