Alyssa Roat
King David is one of the most prominent heroes of the Old Testament. But working in the background, and often forgotten, was Nathan the Prophet. Nathan was responsible for guiding and sometimes rebuki...
Jessica Brodie
Reading the Old Testament with an eye on the New Testament indicates another perspective about the violence throughout the earth’s earlier days. We know God’s ultimate plan involves rescuing His peopl...
Pamela Palmer
Baptism is an important event in the life of the believer. It signifies rebirth into one's faith and a commitment to the Lord. But Jesus lived a perfect sinless life, and is one part of the Trinity. S...
Mary Oelerich-Meyer
Does the Bible say anything about spanking or are we asking the wrong question?...
Ashley Hooker
Shame will isolate us from the world and from our God. When we isolate from God, we begin pointing fingers. We want to blame others for the shame we feel. We may even blame God for our less-than-great...
Jessica Brodie
The tale of Samson and Delilah is far more than a sensational love story, or yet another battle between the Israelites and their heathen enemies. It’s a story of how God can use even broken, sinful, f...
Deborah Nayrocker, M.Ed.
Are you following Jesus, or know someone who wants to? Even if we stumble in our journey, here are 3 essential questions to ask....
Mary Oelerich-Meyer
What can we learn from God saying, "as a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you" in the Bible?...
Bethany Verrett
The mustard seed in Jesus’ example symbolizes the potential in faith. When a believer begins their journey, they have just begun to learn about how much God loves them, how much He wants to do for the...
Sylvia Schroeder
Joash survived a massacre staving off a wicked plot which would have brought the Davidic throne to the edge of extinction....
Heather Adams
In 2020, for example, The American Bible Society released a “State of the Bible” report, focusing on the effects the Covid-19 pandemic had on Christians’ Bible reading habits. The findings indicated t...
Sylvia Schroeder
Power made perfect in weakness points toward a spiritual paradox difficult to grasp but life changing. I don’t know about you, but I don’t flaunt my weaknesses. ...
Connor Salter
Bible passages like Psalm 107 affirm that we should give thanks to the Lord at all times, not because things are going well but because he is worthy of our thanks....
Jessica Brodie
God has a plan that He will fulfill despite our all-too-human orchestrations, manipulations, and petty jealousies. Despite Rachel and Leah’s sisterly squabbles and the addition of two more wives into ...
Sylvia Schroeder
Modern Society deems the subject of sin and repentance at best uncomfortable and at worst unacceptable. But the Bible isn’t afraid to shine light on both....
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
Since you have encountered the saving grace of Jesus Christ, you are free from the bondage of sin, guilt, and shame. This liberation enables you to embrace the abundant life that God intends for you, ...
Bethany Verrett
The Hebrew word that was commonly used for this greeting, and is still used today, was shalom, which is often used for hello and goodbye. He was both greeting His friends, and encouraging them that Go...
Bethany Verrett
The desire for righteousness, and the hunger to have a right relationship with God, is the beginning of a walk with God. When Jesus says that those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are blessed,...
Jessica Brodie
In the story of Judah and Tamar, God produced much good out of what could have been a great evil. Likewise, he does the same in our lives today and has done the same throughout history, using wrongs t...
Bethany Verrett
Sometimes we can feel hopeless, like there is nothing to be done to support brothers and sisters who are suffering. God assures His people that He loves them and sees them, but He also encourages Chri...