By Shawn McMullen The collection is called Praises in the Hebrew text. Later it became known as The Book of Praises. The Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) titled it Psalms from the Greek psalmos, indicating the use of instrumental music or song. For thousands of years the psalms have comforted, corrected, […]
By Shawn McMullen The nation of Aram was at war with the nation of Israel. (You can read the account in 2 Kings 6:8-23.) The Arameans had a formidable army, but their king faced an unusual problem. Every time he planned a move against the Israelite forces, the prophet Elisha revealed it to the […]
By Bob Russell This coming Thursday is July 4th. While we still go through the motions of celebrating Independence Day as a national holiday, there really isn’t much patriotic fervor anymore. There aren’t many grand parades or moving speeches about the glories of the American Revolution. In churches there aren’t many rousing patriotic services […]
By Shawn McMullen Like many Christians, I’m alarmed by the rapid spiritual decline of our nation. The biblical foundation that provided a moral compass for generations of Americans has been systematically eroded by unbelief. Lifestyles and life choices once widely unacceptable are now openly embraced. What’s more, it requires increasingly more courage for Christians […]
By Shawn McMullen Why do missionaries do what they do? Why do they travel thousands of miles to foreign lands to live uninvited among those who don’t know Christ? Why do they risk their lives and spend years in difficult and resistant environments in hopes that one day a group of people who […]
