Israel was in trouble. They had continually disobeyed God and done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. God gave Israel over to the people of Midian for seven years. During this time the Israelites made little dens for themselves in the mountains to hide their livestock and
Rest is a complicated idea in 2020. There has been so much turmoil, with both solitude and crisis at every corner, that the idea of rest almost seems impossible. And yet, as we celebrate Advent, I cannot imagine a better passage to dive into today. If you haven’t read the
I think we can all agree that the last many months have been chaotic and unsettling. I’ve found myself paralyzed and consumed by endless news on the coronavirus, social injustice and unrest, and politics. My kids asked if a zombie apocalypse was coming. No. (I mean, I hope not! But,
Have you ever read anything about love languages, or spent some time figuring out how you prefer to receive love? When my husband and I were going through our pre-marital counseling we took a test to see what our love languages were. Over the past fourteen years of marriage I
Jonah, Jonah, Jonah. The God of the universe, the Creator of heaven and earth, the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, one true eternal God gave Jonah very specific instructions to go to Nineveh. And Jonah ran away. Think about that for a minute. It’s quite audacious. As Christians, we often say that
My stepdaughter loves to tell the story of how her dad told her not to worry about the ongoing pain in her arm after she had experienced a fall during a high school soccer game. He assured her she was just bruised up and would feel better in a few
“Look,” he said, “I see heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” – Stephen, Acts 7:56 Stephen had given a history lesson for the books! Enraged from the truth of their deeds being exposed, the Sanhedrin, covering their ears and raising their voices
Have you ever read the book The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis? If not, then you need to. It’s one of my favorites. In a fictional storytelling fashion, C. S. Lewis brings to light the dark spiritual warfare each of us encounters on a daily bases through his characters, Screwtape
“I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen: that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light
As we continue our discussion of how to study Scripture, we’re going to look at methods of observation. Observation is a critical aspect of Bible study. It not only forces us to look at the text carefully, but it helps us slow down and examine what is happening in the