The Sin of Achan: What His Story Teaches Us Today
Achan's story is hard to read. A sin hidden beneath one tent brought defeat and death to the whole camp of Israel, so what…
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Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4: Humiliation and Restoration
Daniel 4 lets us hear Nebuchadnezzar tell the story of his own humiliation. I find that unusual and deeply sobering: the king who once…
Ehud in the Bible: What His Deliverance of Israel Teaches
Ehud's story is one of the more surprising accounts in Judges. God used this left-handed Benjamite to free Israel from Moab by killing its…
Nephilim, Anakim, and Rephaim: What the Bible Actually Says
What are we supposed to make of all the giant names in the Old Testament? It is easy to blend the Nephilim, Anakim, Rephaim,…
The Levite’s Concubine: Understanding the Horror of Judges 19
Why would God preserve a chapter as terrible as Judges 19? The account of the Levite’s concubine is painful to read, and it should…
The Second Temple: Why It Was Built and What It Meant
Why did the Jewish remnant rebuild the temple after the exile, and what did that house mean in God’s larger plan? The story runs…
Alexander the Great in Bible Prophecy
Alexander the Great is never named directly in Daniel, so why do Bible students connect him with Daniel’s prophecies? To answer that, I want…
The Feast of Trumpets: What It Means in the Bible
The Feast of Trumpets comes with a surprisingly short command in Leviticus. What was Israel meant to hear in that day of trumpet-blowing, and…
Passover in the Bible: How It Points to Jesus Christ
Passover begins on a hard night of judgment and rescue, when enslaved Israel ate behind blood-marked doorways and waited for the LORD to act.…
Bartholomew the Apostle: What We Know From Scripture
Bartholomew is named among the Twelve, but the Bible records very little about him under that name. Can we learn more by identifying him…
The Altar of Incense: What It Meant in the Tabernacle
The altar of incense stood in the Holy Place, just in front of the veil, and that location makes me want to slow down.…
The Johannine Comma: What 1 John 5:7 Says
What exactly is the Johannine Comma, and why does it appear in 1 John 5 in the KJV and NKJV but not in most…