God withheld the prophetic word during the latter days of the judges before Samuel so it was “rare” for a reason—the hearts of men. Today, God still desires to speak...
Perhaps we’re familiar with the well-known adage “like father like son,” but do we grasp the far-reaching and sometimes subtle implications of it? Who we are, or who we are...
The truth is most of us have many enemies. They can be enemies of our own doing or enemies all of their own doing. Regardless, Scripture declares we can have...
Every extraordinary event has an extraordinary cause. Samuel the prophet was no exception. Born for great purposes, his birth was fraught with struggle, grief, and pain, only to set the...
After Moses spent 40 days and nights in the presence of God and His glory, he came down from his mountaintop experience radiating the glory of God. Though in a...
As the Israelites journeyed through the wilderness and finally came into a land “flowing with milk and honey” they were to inherit, God had been a very good Shepherd to...
Jesus did not save us just for us to go to heaven. As important (and necessary) as this is, God is crafting us for other reasons as well—in this lifetime....
When Israel had finished their 40-year roundabout journey through the wilderness, learning the necessary lessons about complete reliance upon God, they entered the promised land, ready to take it as...
Canceling out acts of witchcraft and curses spoken against us has become somewhat faddish in our day and has been for a while. But when Scripture is closely examined, we...
The Moses Generation and the Joshua Generation were similar in many ways in how they complained against the Lord. But there was a crucial difference we will look at today...