The word “Genesis” means “origins.” For answers about God as well as answers about this world and how it came to be, let’s go to Genesis 1. Have you ever wondered how we even have an account of Creation? If there were no eyewitnesses, if no one existed, how do we...
John chapter 18 tells the story of Jesus’ betrayal by Judas and arrest. Arrested on false charges, He was taken before the high priests for interrogation. The first high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and about the kind of things He taught them. In verse...
Today, I’ve chosen to conclude my messages on the Old Testament prophets by sharing some highlights from the book of Malachi. Malachi is the last Old Testament book. Malachi lived about 100 years after the Babylonian exile, after Haggai prophesied to help the people...
Prior to Haggai’s prophetic words, the Babylonians had come and carried off the southern kingdom, Judah, into captivity. That was 587 BC. It happened just as God had told His people it would. To transform them, to recapture their hearts, God actually had to dislocate...
Samuel, An Activated Faith “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 Faith in Christ enables us to live a confident and assured life. “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes...
On our tour of Hebrews 11, we have studied several people who were highlighted by the writer as models of faith. Many of them activated their faith in a pivotal or critical moment in time in their life or in a crucial moment in the lives of God’s people. We know part...
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