If the purpose of life is a life of purpose, we will need to have God’s wisdom to know what it is. When we turn the page on Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther, we leave the historical books of the Old Testament. We now enter what is labeled the Wisdom and Poetry section of the Bible: […]
The elevator boy isn’t the only one to get a tip in this story. Here’s a tip for believers when it comes to how we are to approach our generous-hearted Father. […]
“Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other” (Isa 45:22). Strange as it may seem, we’ve come to the end of Old Testament history. The following books (Job–Malachi) overlap the previous books (Genesis–Esther) with rich layers of Hebrew poetry and prophecy. The only […]
Let’s get something straight. God gave us minds and expects us to use them. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37) Some famous atheists have said that God is anti-intelligence because He forbade Adam and Eve from eating from the tree […]
Light of the pilgrim heart, Star of the coming day! Arise with morning beams, And chase our griefs away” (E. Denny). More than 25 centuries have rolled their course since the day Mordecai wrote “that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city, that these days of […]
“Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord!” (Deut 33:29). “An English lord once rudely asked His valet if he knew One single act or fact that proved the Bible true; The art of disputation he had not learned to use, But, pointing to a passer-by, He said, ‘My […]
“The nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, and those nations shall be utterly ruined” (Isa 60:12). Throughout the centuries, many reasons have been offered to justify the eradication of the Jews. Haman’s argument to the king seemed innocuous—“their laws are different from all other people’s” (Est 3:8)—but under the surface, he despised one […]
This grandma knew that her gift was really more than just a gift… […]
Those who would attack God’s people might like to know beforehand that God is for us (Rom 8:31). It was all well and good to give Esther and Mordecai the house of Haman and the royal signet, but destruction was still approaching. Why? Any official decrees “cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, […]