Jennifer Heeren
When Jesus was asked about the most important commandment, he made it very simple for us when he said, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your ...
Mike Leake
The character of Boaz is a pretty clear type of Christ. But we also see Ruth as a bit of a Christ figure. Her words in Ruth 1:16-18 have been used time and again in marriage ceremonies. And that is ce...
Lori Stanley Roeleveld
A holy week prayer is a practice Christians find helpful to focus our thoughts and prepare our hearts during the time we mark the most pivotal events of our faith. ...
Christianity.com Editorial Staff
Hell is a place of total, conscious, eternal separation from the blessings of God. If a person rejects God all throughout life, never submitting to him in repentance, then the person will enter eterni...
Noelle Kirchner
While Ash Wednesday isn’t mentioned in the Bible, Scripture does testify to the practice of repenting in dust and ashes. The ashes for Ash Wednesday are typically provided by burning the palms from Pa...
Mary Oelerich-Meyer
Let’s take a deeper dive into what is said about the children born to Mary and Joseph, learn how they fit into Jesus’ ministry story, and what certain faiths say about Jesus’ family....
Pamela Palmer
Peter was not a perfect person, but he is someone that Christians today can look to for guidance on having hearts devoted to Jesus. Through Scripture, we can learn some important things about who Pete...
Jessica Brodie
Cain’s feigned ignorance in his “I don’t know” was a direct lie, but then his challenge to God took the matter one step further. By asking “am I my brother’s keeper?” Cain exhibited indifference to th...
Mike Leake
Silas was instrumental for the spread of the gospel in the early church. Silas would have also been vital to the establishment of the churches in Macedonia (like Philippians). It seems like Silas was ...
Jennifer Slattery
One might expect Him to use every awe-inspiring event to demonstrate His divinity. After all, wasn’t that a big reason He came? Yet, we often read instances where He strongly urged the newly liberated...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
Modern readers tend to shy away from the concept of prophecy. But the Bible is holy. It is "God-breathed." We can trust every word it contains. How? Because it makes predictions that came true, some t...
Bethany Verrett
The Bible compares the relationship between Christ and the church as that of a groom and his bride, and one day He will drink wine with His bride in Heaven, making it special that His first miracle wa...
Jessica Brodie
While he spoke words that were impressive and astonishing, they ultimately were skeptical — after all, this was Joseph’s kid, a regular person, not someone who had the right to proclaim the fulfillmen...
Meghan Trapp
Hamartiology may roll off the tongue, but it's a very important subject: the study of sin, and what we do now that sin has separated us from God....
Frank Santora
Jesus’ statement challenges the idea of working hard and climbing the ladder of success, and confronts the current of independence and materialism that is foundational to our modern society....
Mark Altrogge
"Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses." 1 Timothy 6:12As Christian, we should ...
Emma Danzey
One of the most amazing facts about Jesus dying on a cross was that he died on a tree. This was significant because sin and death began at a tree, and sin was defeated on a tree....
Meredith N Mills
Life’s storms will come, both the physical and the metaphorical ones, but I’m thankful God’s heart never changes. In the wake of our storms, we can anchor ourselves to who he is and lean into his grac...
Blair Parke
What does it look like to love our neighbors as ourselves? As we dig more into Scripture, we will see that a neighbor is not just your friendly next-door neighbor but everyone around you....