Hope Bolinger
The phrase “patience is a virtue” did not occur any time during the Old or New Testament. In fact, our first record of this phrase comes from the 1300s from William Langland in his poem Piers Plowman....
Jessica Brodie
While the Bible doesn’t specifically contain the word “gambling,” a number of passages urge good financial stewardship and warn against being foolish with money or wasteful/get-rich-quick scenarios....
Britt Mooney
As Christians, the Olympics reflect a heavenly idea where all peoples and nations live as one in submission to Christ. The dignity and cooperation between different groups inspires us, as well. These ...
Allie Boman
God created in us motivations, passions, pleasures, and thinking power that mirror his own. Think of a painter who sees something lovely and wants to bring out the joy it gives him. The substance of t...
Ben Reichert
The Bible talks about five different crowns that believers receive in heaven. But should we seek to earn them?...
Candice Lucey
“Footprints in the Sand” is popular with Christians, in part, because of the profound biblical themes conveyed therein. Particular among them are promises from God. The writer has indicated that faith...
Lisa Loraine Baker
How many years is a generation in the Bible? The answer helps us to understand not just how the Bible emphasizes the importance of family, but also why it's important to pass lessons on....
Lisa Loraine Baker
What is not a mystery is that God will reveal what He wants when He wants to whom He wants (Exodus 33:19). God’s mysteries are Divine mysteries, and that truth makes them beyond the scope of our ...
Emma Danzey
This is our final piece of defensive armor that we put on. This is the last piece that we put on before going to battle. Jesus wants us to remember our salvation in Him....
Pride is that which is destroying the testimony of many Christians and has made them very ineffective for God....
Stephen Baker
Pelagianism emphasizes a person’s responsibility over their own sin nature. According to this view, people are not lost in their sin, but rather have the ability to control themselves. ...
Connor Salter
Here is a look at what seventy times seven mean, and how it fits into the Bible’s teachings about sin, repentance, forgiveness, and rebuke....
Lisa Loraine Baker
This verse is a pause in the creation process as God explains what He is going to do next — and why. God created the human race in His image and likeness using the pronouns “Us” and “Our” and that man...
Brad Simon
This parable isn’t about earning salvation. Salvation is a gift received by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8–9). Instead, it’s about what we do after we’ve been saved. Jesus gave the parable of the ...
Frank Santora
Hate and prejudice toward any group of people is motivated by the master manipulator – Satan himself. But God is still on the throne, and if we look to Him, no division is impossible to reconcil...
We may feel at times that God has departed from us. How do we counter such feelings? How can we know He’s truly for us?...
Dr. Michael A. Milton
It is difficult to imagine a contemporary social movement that is more dangerously consistent with the downward spiral of Romans chapter one than transgenderism. Read these words from St. Paul an...
Annette Griffin
Scholars have debated the Nephilim for ages. Did they really exist? Are they still around today? Scripture may not say much about them, but the events mentioning them are some of Biblical history’s mo...