What is a “bank”? Is it the land beside a river? A financial institution? Yes, depending. It’s ambiguous until you know the context. In a similar (but more sophisticated) way, the author of Jonah play...
Jessica Udall
Envy puts our focus on the wrong things—looking at others and resenting their blessings and success rather than looking to God and seeking his true and wise perspective on the world. The distraction o...
Bethany Verrett
The ultimate form of creativity, of course, was creation. While humanity takes things that already exist, like minerals, woods, and pigments, and makes something new, God took void, and created the un...
Mike Leake
Not only did Adam and Eve eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they also rejected eating from another tree — the tree of life. What if they had eaten from that instead? What is this tr...
Sheila Alewine
Have you ever had an encounter with an angel? Perhaps I should rephrase that: Have you ever been aware of an encounter with an angel?As a little girl, I often asked God to allow me to see His angels. ...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
One of the sins mentioned in Scripture that can strike fear into the hearts of people is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. When Jesus talked about this, the words he used were indeed frightening:“And ...
Rachel Dawson
Do we want women to be weak? The answer must forever be, on the basis of Scripture, "May it never be."...
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?...
Jenna Brooke Carlson
Who was Azazel? Is he referenced at all in the Bible? Even though the meaning is debated, we can still learn takeaways from what the Bible says about Azazel and fallen angels....
Lianna Davis
When the Bible mentions God's horn of salvation, it means that He is not just our provider, but our defender. So what does this symbol tell us about God defending us?...
Dr. Michael A. Milton
Unlike harmful phobias, the fear of the Lord is most sensible, most wholesome, and most desired. How so? There are at least three revealed truths that stir a godly fear of the Lord....
Jason Soroski
In these moments of deep pain, Joseph never ceased to give God the glory for his ability to interpret dreams. As we endure all kinds of pain in this world, let us remember that God continues to work i...
Bethany Verrett
Being angry does not mean someone should refrain from prayer until such a time as they feel they can approach the throne of God. He wants His people to go to Him in all things, especially if going to ...
Debbie Wilson
To judge means: to separate, to pick out, select, choose. By implication, it means to condemn, punish—avenge, conclude. It also carries the idea of having discernment. The passage where Jesus said, “D...
Jennifer Slattery
When we understand that God, our Creator and Savior, is omnipotent, our chaotic and constantly changing world doesn’t seem quite so scary. No matter how vulnerable or ill-equipped we feel, no ...
Lori Stanley Roeleveld
What does the Bible say about greed and how do we live free from greed in our materialistic times? How can the church effectively teach about the dangers of greed in a society that often rewards it? ...
Bethany Verrett
In many ways, the book of Ecclesiastes is a simple, but poignant response to those who look around and chose to live life for themselves or see life as pointless. Despite the constant refrain that all...
Hope Bolinger
Head, symbolically in the Bible, tends to mean the whole person. Therefore, we must protect the head at all costs, putting on our helmet of salvation. Putting on Jesus. ...
Frank Santora
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter” (Isaiah 5:20).One of the tell-tale signs of being at t...