It says in 1 Peter 3:15 says we are to always have an answer for anyone who asks about the hope that is in us. To understand the hope in us, we need to understand our former state and how grace has taken us from spiritual death to life. Ephesians...

The book of Romans is one of the most theologically dense books in all of Scripture. For the first five chapters the Apostle Paul goes into detail about mankind’s sinfulness and how we desperately need a Savior. That Savior is Jesus Christ who came...

The book of Romans is one of the most theologically dense books in all of Scripture. For the first five chapters the Apostle Paul goes into detail about mankind’s sinfulness and how we desperately need a Savior. That Savior is Jesus Christ who came...

The sun brings warmth, but it also brings fire. It enables life and it can cause death. It brings the light that enables us to see and if you stare at it, it will cause blindness. Samson is all of these things, both good and bad. At a first...

The sun brings warmth, but it also brings fire. It enables life and it can cause death. It brings the light that enables us to see and if you stare at it, it will cause blindness. Samson is all of these things, both good and bad. At a first...

Jephthah was an illegitimate son of a prostitute. Jephthah’s name anticipates his greatest error. He opens his mouth and offers a rash vow to kill the first one to come out of his house if God grants him victory over the Ammonites. Jephthah’s only...

Jephthah was an illegitimate son of a prostitute. Jephthah’s name anticipates his greatest error. He opens his mouth and offers a rash vow to kill the first one to come out of his house if God grants him victory over the Ammonites. Jephthah’s only...

Gideon is born into an insignificant family. We first meet him filled with fear and hiding in a wine press when he is called to deliver God’s people by an angel. In the Garden of Gethsemane, which contained an olive press, Jesus is “hard-pressed” by...

Gideon is born into an insignificant family. We first meet him filled with fear and hiding in a wine press when he is called to deliver God’s people by an angel. In the Garden of Gethsemane, which contained an olive press, Jesus is “hard-pressed” by...

Most translations state that Deborah is the “wife of Lappidoth.” However, the “oth” ending is a feminine plural ending. It would be odd for a man to be named Lappidoth. Lappidoth could be a place, but no such place is ever mentioned. The most...