Scripture: "On my way to the province of Macedonia, I advised you to stay in Ephesus. Well, I haven’t changed my mind. Stay right there on top of things so that the teaching stays on track. Apparently some people have been introducing fantasy stories and fanciful family trees that...
Scripture: "A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. She had heard about...
Photo Credit: Tim Parkinson via Creative Commons [dropcaps style= 'square']I[/dropcaps]n recent conversations, there is a theme that keeps coming to surface: commitment. One person is worried about committing to the wrong job opportunity; someone else is afraid to commit to a relationship. Another person doesn't know if they should commit...
Scripture: "So Joshua and his entire army, including his best warriors, left Gilgal and set out for Gibeon. 'Do not be afraid of them,' the Lord said to Joshua, 'for I have given you victory over them. Not a single one of them will be able to stand up to you.' Joshua traveled...
Scripture: "Then the Lord told him, 'Go back the same way you came, and travel to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive there, anoint Hazael to be king of Aram. Then anoint Jehu grandson of Nimshi to be king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from the town of Abel-meholah to...
Scripture: "So Solomon finished the Temple of the Lord, as well as the royal palace. He completed everything he had planned to do in the construction of the Temple and the palace. Then one night the Lord appeared to Solomon and said, 'I have heard your prayer and have chosen this Temple as...
Scripture: "Before the year was out, Hannah had conceived and given birth to a son. She named him Samuel, explaining, 'I asked God for him.' When Elkanah next took his family on their annual trip to Shiloh to worship God, offering sacrifices and keeping his vow, Hannah didn’t go. She told her...
Photo Credit: J Labrador via Creative Commons [dropcaps style= 'square']I[/dropcaps] looked out the window to see the tiniest bird perched on a tree branch, hiding on the swaying branch. It was so small that I almost missed it. As it hopped around on the branch, I smiled and thought to...
Scripture: "Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over. Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had...
Photo Credit: Sean MacEntee via Creative Commons [dropcaps style= 'square']I[/dropcaps]n a recent conversation, I was asked if I had time for a question. There words struck a chord in me, and I began to think about this whole concept of time. The reality is that we all have the same 24...
Scripture: "Joshua was up early and on his way from Shittim with all the People of Israel with him. He arrived at the Jordan and camped before crossing over. After three days, leaders went through the camp and gave out orders to the people: 'When you see the Covenant-Chest...
Photo Credit: Carissa Rogers via Creative Commons [dropcaps style= 'square']R[/dropcaps]ecently, I was at a meeting where my neighbor was a 2 year old little girl. We struck up a conversation like we were old friends. The conversation did lean toward being one sided, as her response to most of...