How The Wilderness Experience Exorcises our Demons
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ 25 And when it comes,...
Why Agur Couldn’t Handle It
“. . . Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ or lest I be poor and steal and profane the...
How Zechariah and Elizabeth Got their Miracle
“In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were...
Judges 20: The Defeat of the Righteous
“The people of Israel. . . inquired of God, ‘Who shall go up first for us to fight against the people of Benjamin?’ And the Lord said, ‘Judah shall go up first’. . . And the men of...
How to Enter the Kingdom of Heaven
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. “Again,...
What Does It Mean to be Crucified with Christ?
“We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin” Romans 6:6....
Saul and the Medium: When We Go Our Own Way
“Moreover, the Lord will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me. The Lord will give the army of Israel also...
Sin and Suffering: Is There a Connection?
“For if you turn back and cling to the remnant of these nations remaining among you and make marriages with them, so that you associate with them and they with you, 13 know for certain...
Bearing Fruit in the Bible: Lessons from Nature
“Yes, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase” Psalm 85: 12. The question becomes what is the “good” that this verse speaks of that enables our land to yield its increase?...
A Grateful Heart Changes Everything
“For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins” 2 Peter 1: 9. Often the reason we don’t walk in love when we...