Sometimes we understand words and concepts even without being able to define them. They are simply things that we engage in or see every day, but don’t give much thought…
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It’s rare that you come across someone in scripture that seems to really have it all together. The Bible is full of flawed heroes. However, the book of Ruth gives…
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Good advice is always nice. It can help us find our way or sort through all kinds of problems. The only thing is, good advice still leaves one big issue-…
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Certain questions never go away. Throughout every generation, these questions constantly resurface with a variety of answers and schools of thought. When thinking through theology, the question of God’s sovereignty…
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The brokenness of this world can feel overwhelming. When surrounded by sickness, death, suffering, and violence, it can be easy to think there is no light left in this world….
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They say never meet your heroes, they’ll always let you down. Samson might be the epitome of that phrase. A man born with a purpose and gifted with nearly superhuman…
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Sometimes a story is too good to be true. Reality has a way of showing us the darkness of the world and preventing us from believing the best. No one…
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Sometimes in our rush to get what we want, we don’t really pay attention to what it is we’re getting. We rush to fill our need with something we think…
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As Americans, we’re taught from childhood that independence is a good and powerful thing. We celebrate it every Fourth of July. We read about it in our history books. It’s…
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Sometimes it seems impossible to know what God wants of us. Other times it seems so easy we don’t trust our discernment. When God called Gideon, he almost couldn’t believe…
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Strong female leadership or weak, cowardly male? Maybe both? Maybe neither? The story of Deborah, Barak, and Jael is one that has a lot of unexpected twists and turns. From…
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Violent, dark, depressing, graphic, crass. Welcome to the book of Judges. We begin our look at the judges of Israel with one of the strangest and most graphic stories in…
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It has been reported that Mark Twain said “History doesn’t repeat itself. But it does rhyme.” Whether he said it or not, that sentiment is undoubtedly true. We have no…
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What we want, what we ask for, or what we really need? We like to pretend those three things are all the same. It’s clear, though, that what we want…
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Life is all about perspective, isn’t it? What seems like an insurmountable challenge to one person might be a walk in the park to another. Though bumps and valleys are…
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We are taught to believe what we see and question everything else. Is that really the right way to view things though? When Elisha’s young apprentice fears for the impending…
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Wealth, fame, power, success, honor- you name it, Namaan had it. Unfortunately, he had one other thing too- leprosy. When a young slave girls suggests he go to his enemies…
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Do you believe in miracles? If you spend much time in the bible, especially the lives of Elijah and Elisha, you’ll have to answer that question. Unfortunately, talk of miracles…
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Sometimes stories in the Bible can leave us scratching our heads and asking, “What just happened?” The end of Elijah’s ministry and the beginning of Elisha’s ministry is full of…
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There are two different, often conflicting views of life. One believes that we can write our own story and decide what our “verse” will be that we contribute to the…
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