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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Oftentimes in life we don’t recognize the things that we need the most. We go through our lives thinking about the temporary, the urgent, and the things we “feel” like…
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Jesus almost never lives up to our expectations. That tells us more about our shortcomings than it does about his mission. Time and time again in the gospels, Jesus does…
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Micaiah comes and goes in the Biblical story so fast he’s easy to miss. But while we don’t know that much about the prophet, his time in the limelight of 1…
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There are few things that hurt more than when someone else is chosen over you. No matter the ways we try to rationalize or minimize the sting, it’s never fun…
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Sometimes life can drive us to a breaking point. We can give, and strive, and work, and scheme, only to feel like we’re going nowhere. It can be enough to…
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Rain, fire, dueling gods, kings, and prophets. This story has it all. At its essence though, it’s a picture of the very same battle we all have raging in our…
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God’s provision often comes from places we would never expect. And while we may not no where to look for it, we do know what he looks for in us….
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A nobody from nowhere. That’s the man that would become the most significant prophet since Moses and until Jesus. What is it about this guy Elijah that would prompt God…
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Big moments capture our attention and our emotion. We spend our lives fretting over these big moments, but it’s only when we reflect back on our lives that we realize…
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After a long, hard trip, there’s nothing quite as sweet as a homecoming. Finally reaching the destination that you have long for and struggled to find, to be home is…
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There are few things more dangerous than an enemy from inside the camp- a double agent. Double agents know all the secrets of both sides. They know the lingo, what…
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When life begins to get a little rocky and the waves start to pound all around us, it can be easy for us to feel unsteady, unsafe, and a bit…
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Sometimes the Christian life feels like we don’t quite have all the right ingredients- like we’ve chosen a complicated recipe that we can quite make according to plan. In order…
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The Christian life is absurd if you live it the way the Bible teaches. As Peter finishes his exhortation to various churches about to suffer, his teaching is incomprehensible to…
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The beginning of a new year provides us with an opportunity to consider the previous year, rejoice in the successes, and learn from the failures. There is a lot of…
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