HANNAH
Once upon a time… long, long ago… in a faraway land… in a culture much different than our own… lived a lady named Hannah. Hannah! Her...
PETER’S MOTHER-IN-LAW
You’ve heard plenty of mother-in-law jokes…. but this is no joke. Mine was the best. Fannie B. Carpenter was a loving mother and...
THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS
Thirty-eight years… Searching the text of Holy Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation, I find reference to the number thirty-eight only...
NABAL, ABIGAIL, & DAVID
During the tumultuous reign of king Saul, David was forced to flee and live a nomadic existence in the wilderness. For a season, David...
THE GADARENE
The Apostle Paul closed his letter to the beloved church at Ephesus with a dire warning. “Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his...
EUTYCHUS
Eutychus was one of seven individual Biblical characters that were dead, and yet were raised back to life. Each of these seven people...
A DESPERATE DADDY
There are at least two things wrong with my prayer-life. I lack a genuine expectation that God can and will answer my prayers. I lack...
CORNELIUS
In a most memorable episode of God’s gracious activities among men, God rescued and redeemed a hate-filled murderer named Saul. Saul...
DANIEL
In the year 605 BC, about six-hundred years before Jesus, Babylon conquered Israel, taking many captives. Among the prisoners were “some...
THE PRAETORIAN GUARD
Members of the “praetorian guard” (Philippians 1:13, NASB), or “imperial guard” (CSB), were hand-picked veterans of the Roman army,...
