Lori Stanley Roeleveld
Akeldama is connected to some dark events in the New Testament. So why is it important we remember it?...
Rev. Kyle Norman
God is present, although hidden. This hiddenness is incredibly important as it testifies to the constancy of God’s presence, and the assurance of God’s plan. Through Ruth’s own life, God subtly weaves...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
No one wants to be called or labeled a Judas. However, like every other person in history there is a story to his life. There are how’s to the life of Judas. For example, how did Judas become a discip...
Ed Jarrett
Sometimes we will hear people describe the Kingdom of God as being "now and not yet." Aren't those opposites though? How can we be experiencing something now, but also not yet? To answer this, let's t...
Ed Jarrett
On the surface, the parable was just an interesting story, one that was easily understood by the listeners and based on things within their own experience. But the parable also had a deeper meaning, i...
Randy Newman
Many Christian students I know would love to tell their non-Christian professors about their faith. Motivations range from exasperation (because the teacher takes pot-shots at the Christian faith) to ...
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...
Mike Leake
“I hate my life!”Those words create immediate alarm. When I have a student (or adult) say something similar, I’m always probing for more information. I need to make sure that self-harm isn’t in the pi...
Sheila Alewine
The mission is right in front of us. It’s before us, behind us, and around us, as we walk through this life as disciples of Jesus ourselves. There might be a harvest overseas, and we quite possibly wi...
Frank Santora
The so-called “Ice Bowl” of 1967 was a Super Bowl game played in Wisconsin in a temperature of -15F, with a wind chill of -48F. This was truly a game which tested the mettle of the men on a frozen gri...
Keith Getty
On that first Christmas night, the skies above the shepherds’ field were filled with hosts of choiring angels. But even before Jesus lay in the manger, his miraculous story was being told in son...
Lisa Loraine Baker
God is not explicit in His Word about why the shepherds were the first to receive the announcement of Jesus’ birth, but with a little digging we can find some possibilities....
Lisa Loraine Baker
The first specific mention of harvest is Genesis 8:22, when the Lord God makes the Noahic Covenant and said “seedtime and harvest will never cease” as long as the earth remains. Another covenant, anot...
Lianna Davis
When the apostle Paul writes to the Galatian church, “Whatever one sows, that will he also reap” (Gal. 6:7), the agrarian community would have understood the process of sowing, the patience required f...
Lori Stanley Roeleveld
What does the Bible mean when it tells us that Eve was ezer kenegdo to Adam?...
Mike Leake
Making a judgment isn’t wrong. It is hypocritical judgment which Jesus is against. And hypocritical judgment is the root of what we might phrase “being judgmental.”...
John Piper
We all take steps to see that we have enough to eat and clothes to keep us warm. But do we take our spiritual needs that seriously? Do we apply the same earnestness in planning to maximize our ministr...
Jeff Anderson
My wife and I have four children, with our oldest in college and youngest in elementary school. Helping them develop their own walk with God is on our minds—a lot! So are questions about why so many y...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
While visiting the home of rich Pharisee, Jesus comments that when the man throws a banquet, he should invite only the poor and needy. In this way, he will be blessed. To explain further, Jesus tells ...
Allie Boman
If you've become interested in the Bible, you're in good company. The Bible, in one translation or another, has been printed billions of times and remains one of the bestselling books of all time....