What Does Repentance Look Like?
“God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, because they do not change and do not fear God” Psalm 55:19. The hallmark of the righteous is that unlike the wicked...
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Why You Should Judge Yourself
“But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged” 1 Corinthians 11: 31. If we don’t sin when we’re tempted, we are judging ourselves. And we will suffer for it. And if we...
Stand Firm and Be Delivered!
“But he took his stand in the midst of the plot and defended it and killed the Philistines. And the Lord saved them by a great victory!” 1 Chronicles 11: 14. This passage is referring to the...
God’s Judgment: When Love Hurts
“. . . One who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.” Isaiah 16: 5b. The passage is part of a prophecy Isaiah the prophet spoke about Jesus hundreds of years...
The Gift of Suffering for Sin In the Bible
“And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor” Judges 4: 2. God’s original people were fickle. When life was good they would invariably turn to other gods. So God...
What Does the Bible Say About Trouble and Transformation?
“You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again. You will increase my greatness and comfort me again” Psalm...
Harvest of Righteousness
“Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted. Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the stillborn child who never sees the sun. Sooner than...
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,...
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...