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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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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