Learning from Betrayal
A young woman recently asked about betrayal:
After praying and fasting, I clearly felt God’s blessing on a dating relationship. But when we were about to get engaged a year later, he confessed the marriage would be a cover for his active…
Did Joshua Cause Leap Years?
Here's a question I hear often: Did Joshua cause leap years by praying for the sun to stop?
Christians naturally want to pass along any information that might influence agnostic friends to trust the Bible. That’s great when the details…
Telescoped Genealogies: Was Rahab the Mother of Boaz?
In a discussion about the Bible's book of Ruth, this question came up: Was Rahab the mother of Boaz? Rahab, you may remember, was the Canaanite prostitute who hid the Israelite spies.
In the book of Ruth, the young Moabitess Ruth cares for her…
We Will Bear Fruit
Jesus taught us he is a vine and we are his branches.[ref]John 15:1-8.[/ref] As long as we remain in him, we will bear fruit, for we have a heavenly Father as vinedresser, pruning and caring for us. It may take time for a branch to bear fruit,…
Courage: Jacob’s Example Part 5
Part five of a five-part message accompanying chapter 2 of The Story
What happens when we know what’s right to do, but doing it is a struggle? I resonate with Jacob’s seven courageous steps as he returned home despite his brother’s vow…
Courage: Jacob’s Example Part 4
Part four of a five-part message accompanying chapter 2 of The Story
How do we courageously obey God when obedience is risky? I find help in Jacob’s seven courageous steps as he returned home despite his brother’s vow to kill him. In earlier…
Courage: Jacob’s Example Part 3
Part three of a five-part message accompanying chapter 2 of The Story
Years ago I decided that any time I said something negative about someone to a person who didn’t need to know, I would go to the person I’d talked to and say, “When…
Courage: Jacob’s Example Part 2
Part two of a five-part message accompanying chapter 2 of The Story
Peter Paul Rubens, "The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau," 1624Sometimes doing what’s right brings hardship. An addict who finally seeks help must face all those things he…
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