By Shawn McMullen During the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, God instructed the prophet Jeremiah to invite the descendants of Jehonadab son of Rekab to a room in the temple to drink wine. The account is found in Jeremiah 35:1-19. The Rekabites refused, citing a vow their ancestor had taken committing his descendents to […]
By Shawn McMullen Second Kings 4 contains a fascinating account of the faith of a woman known only as “the Shunammite.” She and her husband provided lodging for the prophet Elijah when his travels brought him near their home. One day Elijah prophesied that the Shunammite and her husband, though childless, would conceive and have […]
By Mark Taylor, Publisher Standard Publishing’s ministry is to and through the local church. The local church introduces our products to users who need the inspiration, information, or teaching we provide. And many times, the local church’s budget makes our resources available. So when one of our editors leaves our offices to serve full-time […]
By Shawn McMullen Each morning as the school day began, my grade school classmates and I sat at our desks and stared at a rectangular brown box mounted high on the classroom wall. The wooden speaker relayed the voice of our principal who announced the day’s lunch menu and a schedule of after-school activities. […]
By Shawn McMullen Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the […]
