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How to Find the Gospel among the Genealogies of 1 Chronicles

Mike Leake

While I’ll still readily acknowledge that those first few chapters of 1 Chronicles are tough sledding, the reality is that the gospel is here as well. It’s far more than a phone book. It isn’t a glori...

How Can We Find the Gospel in 2 Chronicles?

Mike Leake

In 2 Chronicles we get right into the action — but just because it is action-packed doesn’t mean we can easily see how it points to Jesus. How does this oft over-looked book in the OT point to Christ?...

Does the Verse "If My People Who Are Called by My Name" Apply to the World Today?

Bethany Verrett

In uncertain times like the coronavirus pandemic, it's expected that God's people will turn to His Word for comfort. But some verses, like 2 Chronicles 7:14, can be confusing without looking at the cu...

What Can We Learn from the Life of King Ahaz?

Joel Ryan

What can we learn from the tragic life of Judah's king Ahaz?...

Who Authorized David's Census? God or Satan?

In 1 Chronicles 21, Satan instigates David to take a census, but 2 Samuel 24 says it was God who did so. Is this a contradiction? Or are we missing something?...

What Do We Know about Solomon’s Temple?

Dr. Sandra Hamer Smith

Solomon's temple was a great architectural achievement in Israel's golden age. But what led to this spectacular building being made in the first place?...

What You Need to Know about Hezekiah in the Bible

Dawn Wilson

Verifying his place in biblical history, archaeologists found Hezekiah’s royal seal in 2010 in an area at the foot of the southern wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem....

What Is the Chronological Order of the 66 Books of the Bible?

Jessica Brodie

The Bible is indeed a well-organized collection of writings penned by more than two dozen authors spanning thousands of years. Instead of being organized chronologically, it is organized by literary g...

How Did Ahijah Predict That Israel Would Split?

Connor Salter

Ahijah was a prophet from the town of Shiloh (1 Kings 11:29). Like many prophets, he served as a spokesperson for when God wanted to inform rulers of what he was going to do. ...

What Does the Bible Say about Asaph?

Lori Stanley Roeleveld

Asaph is the psalmist you know but don’t realize you know. ...

Beyond Sunday: Looking for the Ark

"Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul."...

What Is a Concubine? Why Did God Allow Men to Take Concubines in the Bible?

Emily Hall

In the Bible, a concubine was a woman acquired by a man as a secondary wife. Her purpose was to provide a male heir in the case of a barren wife, to provide more children in general to enhance the fam...

What Is the Prayer of Jabez?

Meg Bucher

Jabez isn’t like us. He doesn’t live amid our modern materialism. And his prayer can’t be directly applied to us without seeing how it relates to his own situation first and then to Jesus Christ....

Why Should We Bother to Read Biblical Genealogies?

Mike Leake

The apostle Paul says to young Timothy that “all Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness…” Be honest, do you ever q...

Trusting an Unchanging God, Part 2

God never changes. That's as comforting as it is sobering. Are there ways you've been turning to the wrong sources for answers and success instead of turning to God? I want to assure you that God will...

Verses for Giving Thanks

As you celebrate Thanksgiving today, use these verses to remind yourself the real reason we have to be thankful....

Why Everyone Should Know about Joash, the Boy-King Who Survived a Massacre

Sylvia Schroeder

Joash survived a massacre staving off a wicked plot which would have brought the Davidic throne to the edge of extinction....

7 Powerful Prayers to Pray over Your Children

Pamela Palmer

Parents have a great responsibility when it comes to raising children. Scripture teaches that having children is a reward (see Psalm 127:3). One practice that cannot be underestimated as someone bring...

Who Was C.S. Lewis and What Did He Write?

Blair Parke

For those who aren’t familiar with the God-blessed work of this amazing man of faith, let’s take a journey into C.S. Lewis’ life and work – who he was, what he stood for, and why his legacy still impa...

40 Bible Verses about Prayer to Encourage You

Compiled & Edited by BST & Crosswalk Staff

We all need to know prayer Bible verses. Prayer is the way in which we communicate with God, and he wants to get to know us better. Bible verses about prayer are great if you want to know how to pray....