Many times, we react to overwhelming difficulties by putting our life on ‘pause.’ We need a break from the stress, it feels. When many from Judah were exiled to Babylon,...

The Lord told Jeremiah to speak everything he was commanded and to expect tremendous opposition as a result. But not to worry, God will rescue him. Later, we discover just...

God set Jeremiah aside as His appointed prophet when he was young. Intimidated by this call, Jeremiah objected, but God reassured him of His sovereign plan and provision for the...

Obadiah is told to prophesy against Edom, the epitome of both God’s and Judah’s enemies. As such, the nation is condemned but is told that God’s kingdom will one day...

How do we respond to the feeling that the last bit of hope is slipping through our fingers? Habakkuk is told to prophesy the coming destruction of Judah at the...

Why do we struggle so much with anger? With others’ opinions of us? With arguing? With over-competitiveness? Or comparing ourselves with others? Sometimes solutions to our problems are far more...

Matthew culminates his birth narrative of the coming Messiah with Mary and Joseph settling in Nazareth, thereby fulfilling the words of the prophets. Upon closer examination, this prophetic concept creates...

So, who exactly visited baby Jesus that wonderful “Christmas morning” so long ago? Did it include that strange group of Magi that most Nativity scenes adorably portray gathered in the...

Jonah and Nahum prophesied about 150 years apart to the same city – Nineveh. Under Jonah’s preaching, the metropolis of 120,000 encountered a clear sign from God and enthusiastically repented,...

Micah prophesies the destruction of both Samaria and Jerusalem for their continual turning away from the Lord. Concerning the latter city, however, he boldly declares that it will rise again...