2 Chronicles 22:10-12 When the wicked Queen Athalia saw that her son was dead, she attempted to murder all of her grandsons, thus leaving her to be the sole monarch of the southern kingdom of Judah. She proceeded to do so but somehow in all of the chaos that ensued, she missed one—Joash who was […]
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It may come as a surprise to you to know that there’s very little privacy in most West African villages. In order to find a “prayer closet”, i.e., some privacy, Christians there are known to find a place that’s often miles outside of their village where they can pray with complete transparency and privacy. Of
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“One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul” – David (1 Sam 27:1). Of course, he wasn’t, but in this passage we see that even the one who overcame Goliath had his moment of doubt and fear. It can happen to the best of us. What does the future hold?
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As a tennis fan, I was always impressed that John McEnroe would take yearly lessons as if he were a beginner. Why? He wanted to make sure he wasn’t developing any bad habits (I’m referring to his tennis skills and not antics). I was impressed with this because he’d won the gold standard championships of
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Do You Have Any Monster Locusts in Your Life? As a kid my friends and I nearly lived our lives around the Friday Night Creature Feature—A la “Fright Night”, which was a campy TV show that featured an old “monster movie”. One of the earliest ones that I can recall was about a scientist who,
Recently I was watching a rerun of Travel Channel’s “No Reservations”, which was hosted by the late Anthony Bourdain while he was on a visit to Colombia. Having recently been to Colombia on a mission trip, the show piqued my interest. To some degree Colombia still has a lingering bad rap from the drug cartels
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Ever notice that there seems to be something special about 40 in the Bible? Gen. 7:12 – it rained 40 days and 40 nights Ex. 24:!8 – Moses was on Mt. Sinai 40 days and 40 nights Num. 13:25 – The Israelite spies took 40 days to scout out the Promised Land. Mark 1:13 –
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There’s a major theme to Judges that’s seen throughout the entirety of the book, which is the consequences of not completely following God. It’s a theme that will also carry over into 1 Samuel with Saul, Israel’s first king (but that’s a different story for a different time). In Judges we see a downward spiral
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Matthew records an exceptionally unusual event regarding Jesus… Jesus approaches the fig tree but it has no fruit and so as a result He curses the tree. It withers up and dies. Say what? At first glance this seems to be somewhat of an overreaction. As a new believer I recall reading this and found
Back in 08, a guy in San Diego developed somewhat of a cult following through his challenge to possess only 100 things. It was a rather short-lived phenomenon. I remember one woman responding on his blog that she probably had that many things in her purse. Truth is, we have a way of accumulating stuff.
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