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What Are "Sins of the Father"? Understanding Generational Consequences

Dr. Michael A. Milton

The phrase, "sins of the fathers" appears in the Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy and Exodus. The phrase also appears in the book of Numbers and in Jeremiah. So, the phrase is linked to the...

Why it Matters So Much That God Is "Slow to Anger"

Meg Bucher

“The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the...

What Is the Apocalypse? 10 Things Christians Should Know

DiAne Gates

The Apocalypse? What does that word mean? According to Dictionary.com, it means “revelation, disclosure, uncover, reveal.” I found the title page to my mother’s 1982, Holman Bible Publishers, King Jam...

What Is Iniquity in the Bible?

Penny Noyes

The Oxford Dictionary captures the meaning of iniquity through synonyms like wickedness, immorality, impropriety, vice, evil, sin, crime, heinousness, nefariousness, knavery, obscenity, and ungodlines...

How to Break Generational Curses and Find Freedom for Your Family

Aaron Brown

The best way to identify a generational curse is to find the origin. Parents who behave a certain way may have witnessed such behaviors in their own parents. Without awareness, the cycle will likely c...

What Does the Bible Say about Heathens?

Dr. Sandra Hamer Smith

If someone calls you a "heathen," you may not understand what it means. In the Bible, a heathen has a particular meaning connected to your relationship with God....

Neglecting the Old Testament

In our circles—our pulpits, Sunday school classes, and Bible study groups—the biggest problem is the ignorance and neglect of the Old Testament. We must admit it: a good many evangelical preachers and...

What Do You Believe About the Bible?

There is a professor of humanities at Yale University by the name of Harold Bloom who has become widely known across this country as the determiner of what books a truly cultured and educated person s...

How Does God Choose to Express Himself?

Sarah E Martin

When our understanding of God’s glory doesn’t go beyond our mental pictures of thunder and lightning, we miss the deepest experiences of God’s heart. Yes, these are true, awe-inspiring images from red...

What Exactly Is Intercessory Prayer?

Heather Adams

Intercessory prayer, sometimes called "standing in the gap," is essentially lifting up the needs and concerns of others to God. And it is an expression of agape, or selfless, love....

Why Are the First Two Commandments Separate?

Pamela Palmer

The first two commandments are certainly similar, as they both establish that God alone is God. However, they are separated into two commandments because they teach two distinct concepts. ...

Why Do Christians Celebrate Jesus' Birthday?

Catherine MacKenzie

Birthdays celebrate beginnings, and the celebration of Christmas is both a birthday and a beginning in more ways than one. Christmas marks a first breath, in the way that every one of our birthdays ma...

How Can Christians Follow the Second Commandment Today?

Meghan Trapp

What does the second commandment say? How it should inform our everyday lives?...

How and Why Should I Pray for Leaders?

Jessica Van Roekel

God calls us to pray for leaders because he knows that prayer moves hearts towards him and softens our hearts towards others. In government, schools, home, the workplace, and more, leaders bear loads ...

Is God Disappointed in Me?

Lisa Loraine Baker

1 John 1:9 tells us when we sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Yes, He is displeased, but He is a forgiving and just Father. ...

What Does the Bible Say about Ancestor Worship?

Bethany Verrett

The Bible is clear that only God is worthy of worship and praise, and Christians have a calling and a responsibility to share the Gospel with the people of the world who are still deceived by the prac...

Being a Titus 2 Woman

John Barnett

The whole goal of a Titus 2 woman is to train younger women in Biblical, simple-to-measure, Spirit-empowered, love-based living. Here are the 6 characteristics....

Preaching the Power of the Cross

The message of the power of the Cross was preached by Paul to a congregation very much embroiled in the practical meaning and effects of power. Power and its irresistible influence were thick in the a...