Daily Thoughts From God's Word

So, a couple years ago, I was invited to speak to about 150 college and high school students on the topic of Paganism.  That’s with a...

“Now Samuel died.  And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah” (25:1).  We’re at another...

Such a contrast between Saul and David.  Saul was pursuing David in order to kill him.  David fled and came to Nob.  David, assisted by...

Who doesn’t love the story of David and Goliath!  The righteous underdog taking down the evil giant!  We know the story, and we tell it...

Jonathan fought against the Philistines.   “Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, ‘Come, let us go over to the garrison...

The Ammonites fought against Jabesh-Gilead and offered them a non-deal, i.e., that if the men of Israel would allow their eyes to be put...

We humans seem always to be dissatisfied and discontented.  How does the old saying caution us?  “The grass is not always greener on the...

Fighting against the Philistines.  The ark captured.  The death of Hophni and Phineas, Eli’s sons.  And, then, the death of Eli himself. ...

In Thursday’s chapel sermon Pastor Ed Moore talked about God’s providence and that all of creation, from the largest structures to the...

I know I have written it before but I will do it, again:  I love the story of Ruth and Boaz.  It’s a story of God’s care and provision. ...

Micah and the Levite, the tribe of Dan and the idol, the Levite and his concubine, Gibeah’s crime, and war between Israel and Benjamin. ...

The stories of Samson provide us with a narrative that is a bit head scratching.  Chosen by God (declared to his mother by God himself),...

Here is Jephthah’s foolish vow to the Lord:  “If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, then whatever comes out from the doors of my...

Abimelech deceived his clan by speaking deceptive words to them along with his mother’s relatives who “spoke all these words on his...

Once again, the people sinned, and as discipline the Lord put them under the hand of their enemies, this time Midian.  I suppose we all...