Hope Bolinger
Just before His crucifixion, Jesus is put before the Jewish people and given a chance of freedom. The crowd is offered the chance to free one prisoner: Jesus, or a man named Barabbas. They make the wr...
Alyssa Roat
Jesus’ marital status was seldom addressed for centuries. But with the release of The Da Vinci Code and the supposed discovery of an ancient piece of papyrus known as “The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife,”...
Lisa Loraine Baker
In the ancient world, Capernaum was the place to live if you wanted a life as a merchant. Capernaum existed as a trading village of about 1500 people on the northwestern Galilean seashore to the south...
Dr. Sandra Hamer Smith
Multiple times, the Bible talks about Jesus being the lamb of God, the perfect Passover lamb. What does this mean and how does it affect our understanding of his sacrifice? ...
Betty Dunn
In the Gospels, Joanna is listed as one of the women who accompany Jesus in his traveling ministry. The women in the group perform much of the cooking and packing chores as they journey through Galile...
Ed Jarrett
Jesus called twelve men to follow him and be his disciples. They did not just cheer Jesus on in the work he did. These men left behind their nets, tax booth, and whatever else they had done before, an...
Kyle Blevins
Jesus is still alive in us today because He was just so different. His actions caught the attention of man at the beginning of time and will continue to through the end of time. Crowds would gather an...
Hope Bolinger
“When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit” (John 19:30). Tetelestai, it is finished. We've no doubt heard these words during ...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
Christmas is a unique time in the world. It's the only time of the year we hear songs about Jesus, our King of Kings, on the radio, in department stores, and on everyone's tongue. The world loves to c...
Meg Bucher
The Crucifixion of Jesus is the cornerstone of the Christian faith. All of Scripture leads up to this pinnacle moment in the history of humanity. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, gave His life in order t...
Debbie McDaniel
Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter that begins the Holy Week. It is the day that we remember and celebrate the day Jesus entered into Jerusalem as Savior and King. As Jesus rode a donkey into the...
Dawn Wilson
Such a kiss coming from Judas on the occasion of a betrayal was not only grievous, it was hypocritical. Proverbs 27:6 could almost be written of Judas: “Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an ene...
Aaron Berry
Prayer is a beautiful and undeserved privilege. What an honor to come to God, bringing our petitions to him. But let us beware of asking “wrongly, to spend it on your passions.”...
Pamela Palmer
The account of Jesus asleep in the storm is found in Matthew’s Gospel. It is only a handful of verses in length, but it is a story that we can learn significant lessons from.“Then he got into the boat...
Jenna Brooke Carlson
Why did Jesus go to the Garden of Gethsemane? What did he exactly pray to God for? Let’s take a deeper look into his prayers and what they teach us today....
Jessica Brodie
Taking a look at details of the resurrection story in such a focused lens tells us important things about Jesus and his view about people — and about women. ...
Larry White
We know next to nothing about Jesus' life before he began his ministry. And while there may be major gaps in the record of his life, the Bible does include significant milestones that tell us a lot ab...
Stephen Altrogge
The resurrection of Jesus baffled everyone. When the disciples came to Jesus’ empty tomb, they couldn’t comprehend what they were seeing. They had witnessed him die, saw the spear plunge into his side...
Sylvia Schroeder
We get two Christmas stories in the Bible, featuring different guests who meet Jesus and some very different details. Do these stories contradict each other?...