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Israel crossed water on dry ground twice. The first time was the Red Sea. The second time, forty years later, was the Jordan River. Same God and same people. Same miracle: the water stood up, and the...

One of the biggest contrasts I see today between believers and the world is about aging:that the body weakens, memory fades, and nothing can be done about it. But I want to show you three men who illu...

You can sit in a room full of people and still feel alone. A crowded office, a full church, a family dinner, and the seat next to you still feels empty. Loneliness is not about the number of people ar...

There are two honest ways to read the Bible, and most people only own one of them. The first is close work. You take a single verse and stay there. You read it in the morning and turn it over at lunch...

Jeremiah lived under pressure. His nation was collapsing. His friends had turned on him. In the middle of that, he tells us what kept him upright. "Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word...

Many Christians avoid the Old Testament. They read about judgments and curses, and they feel afraid. They worry that God will punish them for their failures. Read the Old Covenant through the lens of...

The Greek language has four words for love. English has one. That single fact has caused more confusion about God than almost any theological debate in history. When a husband says "I love you" to his...

A man gave ten percent of everything he owned to a priest, four centuries before the law of Moses existed. No command. No obligation. No temple. Just a grateful response to the God who delivered him....

Seasons often begin with a storm. You look at your circumstances and feel the wind. The boat sits in the middle of a rough sea. But the storm is not your destination. God did not rescue Israel from Eg...

A doctor can prescribe medication for your panic attacks. A therapist can teach you to reframe your thoughts. But the Bible does something neither one can do: it tells you where fear came from, who de...

Even unbelievers can have visions, but only godly wisdom interprets. Pharaoh and Nebuchadnezzar had dreams. Balaam saw visions. But none of them understood what they saw. Scripture says: "The secret t...

In the Old Testament, God gave a unique command for any king who ascended the throne. He didn't ask the king to build a bigger army or a taller palace first. He asked him to pick up a pen. "Also it sh...

A job title can change in one meeting. A relationship can end in one conversation, and an entire audience can vanish overnight. If your self-worth depends on any of these, it sits on a foundation that...

We often reduce "peace" to a calm feeling in the chest. While that is part of it, the biblical definition is much stronger. If you ask a Hebrew scholar about the word Shalom (שָׁלוֹם), they will tell...

There is a word in the Hebrew Bible that no single English word can translate. Translators have tried "mercy," "lovingkindness," "steadfast love," "loyalty," and "faithfulness." Every attempt captures...

We often read the Old Testament and dismiss it as ancient agricultural advice. Deuteronomy 25:4 says: "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." It sounds like a rule about being kind...

There is a spiritual principle locked inside the story of Joseph's brothers. When the brothers came to Egypt during the famine, Joseph accused them of being spies. He wasn't being cruel; he was lookin...

Israel wandered in the wilderness for thirty-eight years after their unbelief at Kadesh Barnea. "...until all the generation of the men of war was consumed..."Deuteronomy 2:14 The "men of war" represe...