Betsy de Cruz
Growing up, I thought the Bible was a real snoozer. I had no idea it contained the living, breathing Word of God. The only Good Book I had ever seen was my great-grandmother’s original King James Bibl...
Bethany Pyle
Sometimes a particular line in a Christmas carol sticks out. And after the year we've had, that line is definitely "a weary world rejoices" from O Holy Night. We are all weary this Christmas. And if w...
Anna Oelerich
The eight days of Holy Week mark the culmination of everything Jesus came to earth to accomplish. Let's follow the timeline of his last days in Jerusalem, leading up to the cross and beyond that to th...
Scott Slayton
Each time the threat of war comes about, Christians find themselves pondering over the questions of if we should support war and if so, when should we support it?...
Bethany Verrett
A popular hymn from the 19th century called “Bringing in the Sheaves” made use of this imagery to encourage believers to share the Gospel. To bring in the sheaves refers to the idea that one day belie...
Britt Mooney
The Bible isn’t silent about destruction. In fact, one New Testament being is named “destruction”... Apollyon. ...
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...
Heather Adams
Passages about hyssop in the Old Testament are connected to the blood of animal sacrifices. It represents God’s compassion on His people, how He is willing to reach down to save and heal us. Psalm 51 ...
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Words can be hard to find when you're drowning in the sorrow and pain of loss. Borrow these prayers for grief and begin your own honest conversation with God....
Britt Mooney
In 1517, small-town monk Martin Luther marched up to the castle church in Wittenberg and nailed his 95 theses to the door. What led him to write these theses, and how did change how we understand Chri...
Sometimes when we come to passages like Matthew’s condensed Christmas story, we don’t come with that childlike curiosity and wonder—looking at the everyday with awe, perceiving the familiar as fascina...
Ben Reichert
Most of us know that nihilism is a dark philosophy, but does it really say that life is meaningless? Is this philosophy more popular than we may think?...
By any estimation 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 frames the Bible’s greatest text on comfort. What can we learn from Paul's words?...
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...