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How to write a “page-turner.” This is the goal of novelists, intent on hooking readers, so they can’t stop reading. Giving advice to aspiring novelists, one writer described how “unpredictability,...
View ArticleWaiting
We can assume that we must act if we expect God to act on our behalf. But here we see that, in contrast, God “acts for the one who waits for Him.” Isaiah declared that people throughout the world...
View ArticleThe King Who Needed to Be Humbled
Jeremiah was called to give a special message to Judah’s King Jehoiachin and his mother, Nehushta. Even though Jehoiachin reigned only eight years, he was an evil king. And his kingdom was besieged by...
View ArticleJust a King
The prophet Jeremiah personally knew Jehoiakim, and he knew that he was Judah’s king. Yet, in this chapter, Jehoiakim is referred to by name only six times. In contrast, he is described as “the king”...
View ArticleWho Are You?
How do you react when you read the story of Paul’s first encounter with the Christians in Ephesus? Many might identify with Paul. They feel spiritually mature and confident in their relationship with...
View ArticleHumble and Hungry for God
Matthew Henry was born on this day in 1662. As a child, he and his family gathered together for daily devotions, when his father taught on a passage and the children were encouraged to write their own...
View ArticleHearing the Voice of Jesus
Born on this day in 1808 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Horatius Bonar became an enthusiastic Bible student, with a particular love of prophecy. Bonar also had a passion for souls, and wrote many tracts and...
View ArticleInnocence. Service. Purpose.
Angels are powerful beings. Throughout the Bible, their presence inspired fear in those who encountered them. Yet as we see in Jesus’ description of future events, angels clearly have a defined and...
View ArticleFame. Attention. Pride.
“Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.” These are the prescient observations of Roman historian, Tacitus, writing sometime around 100 AD. Tacitus drew this...
View ArticleReal-Life Lessons from God’s Earliest People
Is your life dominated by outside influences? Do you place trust in things or people instead of the Lord? Join Bible scholar John Roos as he explores answers to questions like these in his very timely...
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