Many times, when people are confronted with their need for repentance, they hesitate to leave behind the lives they’ve known. They may live amid wickedness, tolerating or even practicing it.
They might have acclimated to their environments to the point that they became products of it.
Let’s face it: Sin entices. It satisfies—if only our flesh, if only for a moment.
Such was the (more…)
A desperate mother of a suffering child will stop at nothing to get help. She’ll seek out every expert, go any distance, and make every sacrifice to ensure her child is once again well and whole. Such a mother is singleminded and relentless. She remains a powerful and persistent force until someone finally attends to her plea for help.
That’s the story (more…)
You may not realize it, but you’re faced with a decision that will define your life. Everyone around you is screaming for you to do something you know isn’t the right thing. You want peace, though you realize it comes at a high price.
But one person, one whose opinion should carry significant weight, begs you to ignore the crowds and act (more…)
What would you do if you knew the decisions you made could affect the lives of countless people over multiple generations? How would you verify your path forward?
Chances are, you would seek the counsel of a wiser person.
That’s exactly what Judah’s King Josiah did when a temple repair project unearthed a forgotten biblical scroll. The scroll terrified and convicted Josiah because (more…)
Most of us know the story of Mary and Martha, the one in which Martha got it wrong while her sister got it right.
But the sisters’ story is more nuanced than it appears. It begins with hospitality.
As Jesus and His disciples were on their way, He came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to Him. She (more…)