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Seventy-four times, the Bible inserts a word that most readers skip. It sits at the end of a verse, often in parentheses, and most people treat it like a footnote. But what if that small word is the m...
The law tells you what to do. Grace tells you what has been done. One system demands from you. The other supplies for you. And the Bible is very clear about which one you live under today. Most Christ...
You cannot live on two mountains at the same time. Hebrews 12 paints a terrifying picture of Mount Sinai, where the Law was given. It was a place of blackness, darkness, and tempest. It burned with fi...
Most people translate shalom as "peace." That is like translating the word "home" as "a building." Technically correct. Deeply incomplete. Shalom is one of the richest words in the Hebrew Bible. It ap...
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...
Elijah called down fire from heaven on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, he sat under a tree and asked God to let him die. That is not a story about weak faith. That is a story about a real prophet in a real b...
Many people view the "end times" as a subject for speculation or fear. However, Jesus provided specific, observable markers to identify this generation. He mentioned global events such as wars, rumors...
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...
During Nehemiah's rebuilding of Jerusalem, The bible highlighted a gate - the Sheep Gate - and the names connected to it. "Then Eliashib the high priest rose up... and built the Sheep Gate."Nehemiah 3...
Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem stood a pool called Bethesda.The name means: בֵּית־חֶסֶד - "house of grace." And yet the scene around it looked nothing like grace -a great crowd of sick, blind, and p...