Betty Dunn
On the second day of the Creation described here in Genesis 1, God commanded that there be a firmament separating the seas and oceans of Earth from the waters above the firmament. ...
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...
Dr. Michael A. Milton
Unlike harmful phobias, the fear of the Lord is most sensible, most wholesome, and most desired. How so? There are at least three revealed truths that stir a godly fear of the Lord....
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
The way various Christian denominations remember the season of Advent may differ, but the collective significance is found in the hope of Jesus, who became God in flesh, so that he could redeem us....
Britt Mooney
Why do three of the four gospels emphasize that a temple veil was torn before or just after Jesus' died? Does this detail mean more than we think?...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
"Today you will be with me in paradise" may be the most shocking statement in the Easter narrative. Can being saved really be that simple?...
Pamela Palmer
2 Corinthians 3:17 reminds us “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” What seems impossible to us is always possible with God. If freedom seems unattainabl...
Noelle Kirchner
Easter invites believers to exchange Lent's solemn contemplation for celebration as we remember Jesus Christ's victory. Here is an Easter prayer to reflect on that change and rejoice in our new life....
J. Warner Wallace
As we seek to understand what the Bible teaches about Hell, it may be helpful to understand what the earliest believers believed and taught. The teachings of some of these believers has been pr...
Bethany Verrett
The Old Testament story of Joseph is a favorite in Sunday School classrooms. But there is more to this story than a multi-colored coat. Joseph's life has important lessons for readers of all ages,...
Mike Leake
There are invitations for us to put ourselves in that ditch of despair and realize the stupidity of our racism, the ignorance of our self-focus, the rebellious nature of our tribalism, and to call us ...
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?...
Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Suffering will indeed come, but God can give us grace and power to overcome every trial and to fulfill our purpose and mission in His kingdom. In his second epistle to Timothy, the Apostle Paul shares...
Heather Riggleman
Why did Jesus have to die on the cross? Couldn’t God just erase everyone’s sins?...
Ed Jarrett
The gospel of Matthew, like the other three canonical gospels, tells the good news about Jesus. They are not biographies in the modern sense. They tell us very little about his early life. Rather th...
Lisa Loraine Baker
Throughout the book, Job faces adversity — first the losses, then from his wife, and then from his friends. At one point, we read this heart-wrenching utterance, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust H...
Mike Leake
Yes, the absence of God’s name is striking in a book of the Bible. But that absence is an invitation to see His work even when it seems that He is silent or absent. In the midst of what appears to be ...
Hope Bolinger
Pontius Pilate's sentence is a crucial part of the Easter story. Despite finding Jesus guiltless, Pilate still allows him to be killed. However, after washing his hands of the whole situation, Pilate ...
Emma Danzey
It is always important to look at the context. If we just focus on John 3:16, then we miss out on the whole picture....
Mary Oelerich-Meyer
On the last night of his life, Jesus made a monumental claim to his disciples: “I am the way and the truth and the life.” What did he mean by that?...