Emma Danzey
Noah’s life and story point us to how wicked our hearts are in sin. Christ has rescued us from eternal destruction, and our choices to live by His Spirit will also result in amazing spiritual blessing...
Connor Salter
The question “how old was Noah when he died?” is one of those classic Bible trivia questions, right up there with “how old was Methuselah?”...
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....
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
The reason God had to allow Noah’s sons and their wives on the ark is because they had a mission to fulfill once the waters receded. Part of that mission was to repopulate the earth. Not only were the...
Lisa Loraine Baker
Noah's son Shem may not appear for very long in the Bible, but his actions had big repercussions down his family line. His story teaches us important lessons about honoring parents and handling awkwar...
Pamela Palmer
When you see a rainbow in the sky, you may pause to admire it, but did you know that it is a holy covenant from God? Truly, the rainbow is more than just a beautiful natural phenomenon. It is a promis...
Betty Dunn
The Bible doesn't just mention rainbows once in Genesis. They come up multiple times in the meaning, always giving a specific meaning to the events....
Bethany Verrett
In our modern world, doves are a sign of peace. But this bird, which can be found in almost all corners of the earth, has many different meanings in Scripture. From its connection to Noah and the floo...
Britt Mooney
Kenan probably isn't someone you learned much about in Sunday School. So what can his surprising family history teach us today?...
Amy Green
Sure, the Bible has the classics that most Christians have heard since they were young—David and Goliath, Noah and the ark, Jesus healing the blind man. But within the pages of Scripture are many stor...
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....
Ed Jarrett
It would be easy to read this and see a God who was caught off guard by how sinful humanity had become. A God who became so angry that he decided to wipe out the whole mess and start over again. But i...
Bethany Verrett
One of the strangest details in the early chapters of Genesis is that it specifically lists the ages of several important men - and all of them easily surpassed 300 years! But the winner of this stran...
Blair Parke
Some may view covenant like a contract, where you both sign on the dotted line and get your rewards for doing your part. However, a covenant in God’s mindset is more than just each party doing h...
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?...
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...
Bethany Verrett
When something in the Bible is important, it's repeated. When something is really important, it's repeated multiple times. God's command for humanity to "be fruitful and multiply" can be found 10...
Annette Griffin
Scholars have debated the Nephilim for ages. Did they really exist? Are they still around today? Scripture may not say much about them, but the events mentioning them are some of Biblical history’s mo...
David Sanford
Early in our marriage, Renée and I invested a lot of time with women and men in their 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. One of our dear friends lived to be 101. Another lived to be 106. These two (and many othe...