By Victor Knowles America, a relatively young nation, will turn 240 years old in 2016. Compare that with the book of Judges, which covers a period of about 325 years. Death had taken Israel’s spiritual leader, Joshua, and they were entering Canaan without a champion. George Washington said, “It is impossible to rightly govern the […]
By Jerran Jackson We were flying comfortably at 5,000 feet when the instructor took control. He pulled back on the yoke, raising the nose of the airplane. He also pulled back on the throttle, reducing our speed. A horn began to blare loudly; the airplane began to shake. Then we dropped. We no longer were […]
By Rick Ezell Have you ever noticed that God seems most interested in people who are unpretentious—those who are hopeless, those who have their share of desperation and defeat, those who are flawed and wounded, those whom most of the world has given up on, those with nowhere to turn? God seems to have a […]
By Charley Dilcher God did a mighty thing when he brought the entire multitude of Israelites out of Egypt. A whole generation saw God bring a supreme empire to its knees and set his people free. Yet as they journeyed through the wilderness, from that generation barely one in a million entered the land of […]
By Dr. Bill Patterson Consider the following scenario: You are asked to teach a Bible class for your church. The request fulfills your heart’s desire. It seems God trained you for the task by deepening your understanding of his Word over the years and by increasing your love for people you’ve been asked to teach. […]
