Women of the Bible: Achsah

Resilience was not an aspiration in Achsah’s day. It wasn’t a quality to be fostered. Nor was it a trait for which people received an award at the end of the school year. It was a matter of survival.

Achsah grew up wandering the desert—packing up as the Lord led His people on, facing constant threats from enemies, walking endlessly, longing for (more…)

Women of the Bible: The Woman of Thebez

And the people of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hand of (more…)

Many of us remember the story of Gideon, the unlikely biblical hero whom God used to defeat the menacing Midianites. Gideon went on to judge the Israelites for 40 years.

But Gideon’s death ushered in an ugly chapter for the people of Israel.

And the people of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hand of (more…)