Hope Bolinger
As we approach the last days, if we have not entered them already, we will witness a great deal of death and judgment. But is an 'angel of death' or 'death angel' a biblical title, or a misnomer?...
Hope Bolinger
Jesus did conquer, but not Rome. He toppled a greater evil: sin. And he did so through his perfect, unblemished life and then sacrifice on the cross. Behold, the lamb of God, who takes away the sin of...
Annette Griffin
There are several different angelic beings mentioned in the Bible, but Seraphim are perhaps the most difficult for us to wrap our heads around. Even the prophet Isaiah was terrified by just the sound ...
Hope Bolinger
With Halloween on the rise and the number of movies and TV shows portraying demonic activity playing regularly on streaming services on movie channels, the idea of demons tends to be at the forefron...
Hope Bolinger
One of the oddest and most famous passages in Ezekiel (found in chapter 37) has inspired numerous Sunday school lessons, sermons, and even a song. In the chapter, the prophet Ezekiel is led by God i...
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 ...
Hope Bolinger
Parousia doesn't always refer to Christ's second coming. It could also mean coming in general, the entrance of something. But typically it refers to when Christ will come again....
Connor Salter
The wormwood star falls into water sources, and it poisons waters. The Bible specifically starts that a third of the rivers were poisoned, which is interesting since three is an important number that ...
Heather Riggleman
What are the seven spirits of God? This question arises when we stumble into the book of Isaiah and Revelations. The only way to truly know the seven spirits of God is to get to know God Himself throu...
Heather Adams
God calls us to this “holy habit” for several vital reasons. He designed us to live in relationship, with Him and with other believers, and church is where we celebrate how God works in and around us ...
Ed Jarrett
Christmas, at its heart, is a celebration of the birth of Jesus. But it is true that some of what we see at Christmas is pagan in origin. Christmas trees also have a pagan origin, as do some of the de...
Traci Boland
The Dead Sea Scrolls have been described as one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th century. While the scrolls do not mention the life of Jesus or the origins of Christianity, they ...
Bethany Verrett
In the beginning of the book of Revelation, the number seven appears multiple times. One of the most notable is that John is instructed to give a copy of Revelation to seven churches. Theories abound ...
I have mixed feelings about making New Year's resolutions. In the first place, I'm not certain that it's biblical. But if anyone should have reason to make a New Year's resolution, it should be Christ...
Those students of the Bible who don't read Greek can still reach beyond the English Bible to the original Greek in four easy steps....
Hope Bolinger
Genesis is the first book of the Bible and contains some of the most incredible stories in all of Scripture. From Creation to the flood to Jacob and his sons, Genesis is packed! But when we take a clo...
Dr. Sandra Hamer Smith
The 12 tribes or sons came from Jacob who the Lord renamed Israel in Genesis 32. If you read Genesis 49, you will see the 12 sons or what we now know as the 12 tribes. ...
Kelly-Jayne McGlynn
The Bereans were clearly open to the Word of God. It wasn’t a chore for them, but something that they were excited about reading. Their faith wasn’t vague or superficial–they examined the Scriptures c...
Hope Bolinger
Would a clone have a soul? What does a creator think about someone distorting His creation? Contemplating what the Bible says about life's sanctity and the nature of evil goes a long way to helping us...