“Next to him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines banded together at a place where there was a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them. But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the...
“This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to everything written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have success.” (Joshua 1:8 NASB)...
Do you remember when you were a child and you hated doing certain chores at your house? I sure do! I hated to clean the bathroom. I would go in there and look around, to see if it “really needed it.” If I could get by with flushing the toilet once, picking a couple...
A headline once declared about an indecisive politician, “He’s more like a weather vane than a beacon!” The statement is a deliberate characterization of someone unable to make a clear decision and stick with it. We tend to notice it and express our strong...
Mephibosheth sat in the courtyard of the humble home of the generous Makir in the town of Lo Debar where he had lived for some seventeen years or so. Although Mephibosheth was of royal lineage, he landed in Lo Debar as he fled – or more accurately – was carried...
Several years ago, my son Kaleb and I were in Oklahoma City to attend a Grace Christian University men’s and women’s basketball team tournament. (Amber, Kaleb’s future wife, was on the team). Games were scheduled for late afternoon and early evening, so we decided...
Day after day news comes of crime and injustice taking place around us in America. It isn’t just the media and what’s newsworthy: we really are spiraling downward at an alarming rate. The evil and wickedness of our culture becomes more normal and accepted, and...
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