DID YOU KNOW “The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights.” — Obadiah 3 Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament, but its warning is large enough for every generation. Edom occupied rugged mountain territory and believedContinue reading “The Pride That Builds Its Own Fall”
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No Foreigners in Christ’s Kingdom
DID YOU KNOW It is easy to imagine the Church primarily through the congregation, region, language, or customs we know best. Yet the New Testament presents a family so much larger than our familiar surroundings. Jesus Christ is not the possession of one people, and the gospel does not require someone to become culturally identicalContinue reading “No Foreigners in Christ’s Kingdom”
When God Refuses to Fit Inside Our Shelters
DID YOU KNOW Did You Know that Peter’s offer to build three shelters was probably connected to Israel’s Festival of Tabernacles? When Peter saw Jesus transfigured before him with Moses and Elijah, he responded, “Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles” (Mark 9:5). The word translated “tabernacles”Continue reading “When God Refuses to Fit Inside Our Shelters”
Faith Was Never Meant to Hide
DID YOU KNOW The Christian life calls us to humility, but humility must not be confused with invisibility. Making much of God certainly requires making less of ourselves, yet we can misuse that truth as permission to remain silent when Christ should be confessed. Acts 9 presents a newly converted Paul who does not retreatContinue reading “Faith Was Never Meant to Hide”
When God Roars, Faith Moves
DID YOU KNOW God does not reveal His truth merely to satisfy our curiosity. He speaks so that His people may understand His character, recognize His activity, and respond faithfully. Amos heard the Lord’s warning like the roar of a lion. Philip received direction toward a lonely desert road. Saul was interrupted on his journeyContinue reading “When God Roars, Faith Moves”
The Detail That Did Not Look Like Hope
DID YOU KNOW Life sometimes places us in the middle of a chapter where God’s purpose is difficult to see. Stephen is dead, Saul is persecuting Christians, believers are scattering, and the church appears to be losing ground. Yet Luke quietly shows us that God is still directing the story. What first appears to beContinue reading “The Detail That Did Not Look Like Hope”
When God Sounds the Alarm
DID YOU KNOW The book of Joel places two truths before us that we must never separate: God is compassionate, and God is untamable. His patience should not be mistaken for weakness, and His judgment should not be interpreted as cruelty. Joel describes a devastating crisis, calls God’s people to repentance, and points toward theContinue reading “When God Sounds the Alarm”
Faithful Before the Spotlight
DID YOU KNOW Did you know that Stephen’s powerful public witness began with quiet service to overlooked widows? When Stephen first appears in Acts 6, he is not standing before the Sanhedrin, preaching to a crowd, or performing signs and wonders. He is selected to help oversee the daily distribution of food to widows. ThisContinue reading “Faithful Before the Spotlight”
The Love That Calls Us Home
DID YOU KNOW “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.” —Hosea 11:1 Hosea 11 presents one of Scripture’s most moving descriptions of God’s relationship with His people. God speaks like a loving Father remembering Israel’s childhood, teaching the nation to walk, lifting its burdens, and drawingContinue reading “The Love That Calls Us Home”
When the Resurrection Reaches Our Wallet
DID YOU KNOW “And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.” —Acts 4:32 We sometimes read Acts 4 as though it describes an unreachable spiritual utopia.Continue reading “When the Resurrection Reaches Our Wallet”