To Be a Man Like Hur
Discover the unsung hero, Hur, who supported Moses and left a powerful legacy of faith and quiet courage. Learn timeless lessons for your life! Visit https://www.thegospelsaves.me.
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More Than Numbers: Meaning and Significance in the Bible
Biblical numerology is the study of how numbers in Scripture sometimes carry meaning or significance beyond their numerical value. It can be a slippery endeavor. Sometimes it’s clear that a number carries underlying significance, and one is able with relative ease to determine what that is. Think, seven. Other times, however, a number’s significance is…
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Growing Up: Moving Beyond Milk to Solid Food
About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives…
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Lessons from the Gibeonites: Honoring Commitments
In Joshua 9, we’re introduced to an interesting group of individuals, the Gibeonites. Having heard of the great successes of Israel (verse 3), they put together a scheme designed to save their lives. Verses 4-5 detail the great lengths they took to make it look as though they came from a far country: …they worked…
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Lessons from the Withered Fig Tree
Please read about the withered fig tree in Mark 11:12-14, 20-25 and consider: Fig trees in Palestine may live as long as four hundred years. A well-cultivated tree should produce fruit for ten months of the year in those locales. However, because of the difficulties of translation, some have extrapolated a point from this text…
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Times of Restoration
The book of Joshua ends with the death of Eleazar, son of Aaron. Phinehas, his son, succeeded him as high priest. Phinehas is best known for decisively ending God’s punishment of Israel for their unfaithfulness with the Moabites. God praised Phinehas: Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger…
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How to Use the Law
Teaching in higher education for ten years taught me that you cannot assume people will do what’s obviously right, and they will not admit to understanding what is obviously wrong. When people are left without marked boundaries to exercise their own free will, they will defy their own conscience, ignore any sense of right and…
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The Relatability of the Bible
One of the things that makes the Bible so real to us is the relatability of the stories it gives us. On some level, each of us will no doubt have very similar issues as those that we read about in these stories. What got me started down this path was considering the story of…
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Better Than Precious Ointment!
What is the most precious thing you “own”? I put the word “own” in quotes because this is something you have total control over. It must be something you have earned. It must be something that is only yours. It must be your most precious possession. There are very few things in this world that…
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Ecclesiastes 3:1: Lessons from Fall
To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Many of us have had the blessing of witnessing a beautiful transformation over the past several weeks. As summer melts into fall, God’s creation has responded. Hot, humid days have succumbed to cool, crisp nights. Lush, green foliage has given way to brilliant,…
