The 40 days before Easter are observed by many Christians as the Season of Lent. The first day of Lent is Ash Wednesday where we are reminded of our fallen, sinful human mortality and our inevitable ...

In Numbers chapter 13, God is ready to fulfill the land promise, He had given through Abraham in Genesis 12:7. The land of Canaan was a good land; a better land. The land was occupied, but God had ...

Few verses are as well-known as Proverbs 3:5-6. Many of us – myself included – have made them our life verses. We meditate on the truths they remind us of and seek to order our lives around their ...

Life’s most challenging seasons often arrive unexpectedly, leaving people feeling overwhelmed, abandoned, and questioning their faith. During these periods of intense struggle, uncertainty, and pain, ...

A friend of mine once told me a story about a little 5-year-old boy who was misbehaving one Sunday morning in church. The boy’s mother couldn’t get the youngster to stop talking and fidgeting, so she ...

God has promised you so much! If you made a list of all the pledges found in sacred Scripture, it would be long. But here is one you will not find: God has your back. We all know what the phrase means ...

Have you ever wondered if you’ve experienced God’s love in your life? Some people go their whole lives believing they’ve never felt divine love. To that, Martin Luther might reply, “Have you ever ...

The story of Jephthah is one of the most dramatic and morally complex narratives in the Hebrew Bible. Found in the Book of Judges, it tells the tale of a man who made a solemn vow to God in exchange ...

Giving is the best way to experience the grace of God working in the lives of people. We mentioned before that this type of giving builds faith, fellowship, finances and a fire in the local assembly.