Liz Kanoy
The term angel means “one sent” or “messenger,” and LORD in Hebrew is YHWH or Yahweh. The angel of the LORD is one sent by YHWH or a messenger of YHWH....
Hope Bolinger
The Bible is full of imperfect people. But are there certain people we like to diss more than we ought to?...
Meg Bucher
Ezra read from God’s Word and recited His Law to the people (recorded in Nehemiah 8), and they were shattered by the vast disobedience and rebellion. ...
Hope Bolinger
Name changes and nicknames in the Bible always mean something has changed. Often God, or even Jesus while he was on earth, will give someone a new name, symbolizing a new purpose for their life. Howev...
Dr. Julie Barrier
Many women say losing a mate is like losing a limb. It's a torturous, treacherous journey. Only by the grace of God can one survive it. The Bible is filled with stories of widows who show us the way b...
Lisa Loraine Baker
Asenath is known for being Joseph’s wife and bearing Manasseh and Ephraim, Joseph’s two sons....
Rev. Kyle Norman
Gideon’s defeat of Midian is instructive for our lives of faith. While we may never have to face a rival army, the story reveals how God uses us to fulfill God’s purposes in the world. Despite obstacl...
Randy Alcorn
The New Testament reflects much more specific revelation from God of the afterlife. Yet there are some strong Old Testament indicators, though not nearly as many....
Hope Bolinger
How wonderful that God sees each one of us, no matter how alone or invisible life can make us feel. Here are three beautiful reasons why not only Hagar, but every human, can praise El Roi today and al...
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
Many of us have a slight familiarity with Zipporah, Moses' wife from Midian. But did he also marry a Cushite named Tharbis? ...
Aaron Brown
"God is not a man that he should lie." God’s word is intended to edify his followers, from book to book, chapter to chapter, we read a number of stories with consistent messages about the benefits of ...
Jessica Brodie
While the star of David doesn’t appear in the Bible nor is it advocated as an “official symbol” of Judaism, it is a meaningful representation of a faithful people and the oldest monotheistic religion ...
Valerie Fentress
Judaism is one of the three major religions of our world. But when was Judaism founded? ...
Emma Danzey
Many of us, as modern-day Christians, often feel distant from the Old Covenant found in the Old Testament of our Bibles. The first covenant that God made with His people is now fulfilled through the l...
Rachel Britton
As we think about this special relationship with God, we should remember our heavenly Father is not human (Numbers 23:19). “God is spirit” says John 4:24. Yet because God is Spirit, this can make Him ...
Andy Lee
Have you wondered if numbers repeated in the Bible, like the number 12, have special meaning? ...
Pamela Palmer
Saul did not believe the Good News that Jesus had been the long-awaited Messiah, and therefore, viewed Christians as deceitful and a threat to Judaism. Saul’s rejection of Jesus as the Messiah led him...
Emma Danzey
As believers in Christ, the Bible is always a popular place to go to find inspiration for a child’s name. However, maybe you or a loved one is looking for something a little more outside of the box....
Hope Bolinger
One of the most common questions an atheist may try to pose to a Christian is, “where did God come from?” In other words, who created God? Or when did God begin? The question itself is...