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What Is Elihu’s Intense Message to Job’s Friends?

Betty Dunn

We know about the friends who treated Job poorly, but what do we think of the mysterious Eliju who shows up after they do?...

What Is Wisdom and How Do We Get It?

Lisa Loraine Baker

True wisdom is not what the world deems it to be. For example, wisdom doesn’t automatically come with age. Nor does wisdom necessarily belong to those who are most experienced or who have excelled at ...

Did Any of Job’s Friends Speak the Truth?

Lisa Loraine Baker

We will see that Job’s well-meaning friends indeed speak truth, but each of them gets the truth wrong according to their application. They also have no earthly idea what’s going on, so they rely on hu...

"The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom" - Bible Verse Explained

Ashley Hooker

What is wisdom and how do we receive it? Throughout antiquity, these have been the eternal questions on the lips of mankind. Adam and Eve were confronted with this question as they tried to resist t...

What Does the Bible Say about Fear?

Blair Parke

The Bible has 365 reasons to “fear not,” so as you release your fear to God, or when you feel it creep back up into your mind, open the Bible and find these verses. ...

Is God Still Good in Times of Personal Suffering?

Ruth Clemence

What we think about God matters. If we believe that He is capable of stopping evil, but allows it, then why? What is the reason? Ultimately, God does not have to give us the reason. However He does so...

Did God Create Hell?

Mike Leake

Hell is a place of separation from the goodness of God, and all the good which He has created. How could we say that God could create such an awful place? We begin to answer this question when we cons...

15 Power Verses to Meditate on While You Exercise

Heather Adams

Nothing can replace the time we dedicate solely to studying Scripture. But meditating on verses as we exercise is a creative way to add some extra time with God’s life-giving Words into our day. ...

How Can We Cultivate a Spirit of Reverence in Today's World?

Lisa Loraine Baker

Certain biblical words take on extra spiritual “weight” in the light of their object. Reverence is one such term. ...

What Does "Wait on the Lord" Really Mean?

Allie Boman

What did Isaiah mean when he wrote those words: “wait upon the Lord”? What would it feel like to have eagles’ wings at a time like this? To put it simply, it all boils down to wh...

Jeremiah: Answering the Call

Everyone who believes in Christ has a special calling to a particular sphere of obedience and ministry. Jeremiah was not just set apart for salvation, he was set apart for vocation. God had work for h...

How Do Elders of the Church Shepherd God’s People through Difficulties?

Chris Swanson

What makes a good leader within a church body? A good leader understands that the local body of believers is God’s flock, not their own. A good leader knows that they do not serve out of obligation, b...

How Do We Know that God Is Good All the Time?

Heather Riggleman

Sometimes life is just so hard. It’s in these times we must hold fast to this simple truth: God is good all the time....

What Are Fallen Angels, and How Should We Respond to Them?

Sheila Alewine

It would be nice if there was a single passage of Scripture that gave us all the details about these fallen creatures. Instead, we must connect Scripture to Scripture to see things from a wider perspe...

Who or What Is Abaddon, and Why Does it Play a Role in Revelation?

Annette Griffin

The New Testament helps us identify the ruler over the realm of Abaddon in Revelation 9. This fallen angel, with the same name as his realm, is introduced after the fifth trumpet of judgment is blown....

How God Uses Stress for Our Good and His Glory

Randy Alcorn

Stress is an effective tool in the hands of our God, a tool that is intended both for His glory and our good. In this article we will look at some ways God uses stress....

What Do Our Children Learn about Faith from Us?

Micah Maddox

The little eyes in your home are always watching and learning from you, for better or worse. The best way to teach your kids about faith is to model it for them. So what exactly are they learning from...

3 Important Lessons from the Book of Ecclesiastes

Jessica Udall

The book of Ecclesiastes provides relevant wisdom for Christians today who struggle with the seeming meaninglessness of life. Why are we here? What is it all for? Does what we do even matter? What is ...

What Does it Mean That God Is Wise?

Aaron Brown

Would you consider yourself wise or a fool? What would other people estimate about you? Scripture speaks plenty about wisdom, and multiple times portrays the wise in direct contrast with the foolish....