Bethany Verrett
Several Bible verses, including a parable from Jesus, shows the Bible does assert Sheol was understood before the death and resurrection of Jesus as the afterlife, a place to hold the souls of those w...
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...
Randy Alcorn
The New Testament reflects much more specific revelation from God of the afterlife. Yet there are some strong Old Testament indicators, though not nearly as many....
Britt Mooney
The Bible isn’t silent about destruction. In fact, one New Testament being is named “destruction”... Apollyon. ...
Ruth Clemence
Life has a funny habit of continually moving forward whether we like it or not. Christian author and speaker Elisabeth Elliot once said, “the secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circu...
Bethany Verrett
As recorded in his last book, Deuteronomy, towards the end of his life, Moses composed a song, inspired by God, to give to the people of Israel. ...
Hope Bolinger
Psalms for healing can be one of the most beautiful spiritual medicines when a family or friend undergoes a sickness, surgery, or ailment. Pray over these Psalms of comfort today....
Emma Danzey
Snow is the precipitation of winter. It helps to provide water that is soaked into the ground and used towards the spring blooms. In God’s goodness, He provides for the needs of the land and people th...
Bethany Verrett
Psalm 27:17 tells us that “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.” There's some debate about what exactly this verse means, if it's positive or negative. But one thing is for certain: Chris...
Lisa Loraine Baker
The witch expected a satanic imitation, not the real Samuel. The witch’s description was enough to convince Saul it was Samuel who had been summoned. The witch of En-Dor did nothing but show up a...
Bethany Verrett
The Bible makes it clear that children are a blessing. Whether adults are called to be parents, to foster, or to invest in children in some other unique way, kids are part of God’s plan for individual...
Melissa Henderson
Scripture is the Word of God shared through various translations, versions, chronologically, and more. But how do we know where to start reading the Bible? ...
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....
Hope Bolinger
Red skin, a forked tail and pointy horns? Probably not. The devil is not the first Bible character most Christians want to discuss and analyze, and perhaps because of that, there are quite a few misco...
Hope Bolinger
Head, symbolically in the Bible, tends to mean the whole person. Therefore, we must protect the head at all costs, putting on our helmet of salvation. Putting on Jesus. ...
Maddy Rager
Anyone who has been around Christian culture for some time has heard, “the gates of hell will not prevail.” But does this phrase mean Jesus wanted the church to attack the gates of hell, or something ...
Bethany Verrett
David was a shepherd and a king, but he was also a prophet. There were prophecies the Messiah would fulfill throughout the Book of Psalms. They were highly specific, and the Lord Jesus would explain h...