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In AD 70, the Roman General Titus commanded his army to spare the great temple in Jerusalem. He possessed the military power of a vast empire. However, forty years earlier, Jesus stood on a mountain a...
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...
Agur, the writer of Proverbs 30, was a wise man. Yet he admitted there were four things that were too wonderful for him to comprehend. "There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yes, four...
There is a struggle for your identity, and it often happens right at the moment of your birthing. In the book of Genesis, as Rachel was dying in childbirth, she looked at her newborn son through the l...
It is one of the strangest contradictions in the Bible. In one moment, Elijah stands on Mount Carmel, calls down fire from heaven, and defeats an entire nation's false prophets. He is fearless. He dec...