Imagine you’re a woman of ill repute living among a people you know in your heart are doomed. It’s likely your story will end right there.
But for Rahab, a resident of Jericho, that’s not the end of her story. It’s just the beginning. Hers is a story of faith and redemption.
With Moses gone, God had given Joshua the job (more…)
There is a way that appears to be right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.—Proverbs 14:12
Every now and then, you hear news reports about people who have been killed in head-on crashes because they drive into oncoming traffic. Sometimes people are impaired. Other times, they don’t realize they’ve gone the wrong way until it’s too late. (more…)
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.—Colossians 1:15-17
When we face (more…)
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called (more…)
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel. —Proverbs 12:15
I was more than an hour from home in the boondocks on a story assignment. My maps app had gotten me there without issue, but the route required multiple turns onto unfamiliar roads for 20-some miles of the way, (more…)