Daily Thoughts From God's Word

I was reading an article about Johnny Manziel, “Mr. Football,” who was drafted by the Cleveland Browns as the number one draft pick in...

A couple things.  One, the most important concern Jesus had was the sin problem.  When his friends lowered the paralytic down through the...

“When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him” (8:1).  Jesus had just preached an amazing sermon, and he was about to...

The Sermon on the Mount.  Just amazing teaching!  The Beatitudes.  Salt and light.  Righteousness exceeding that of the scribes and...

Matthew begins his Gospel with Jesus’ genealogy.  I’m always struck by how historical the story of redemption is.  The gospel is deeply...

Malachi was probably a contemporary of Ezra and Nehemiah.  Certainly, he lived during the 5th century B.C.  The people, having graciously...

The Lord:  “I scattered them with a whirlwind among all nations that they had not known” (7:14).  But, also:  “I am jealous for Zion with...

Zechariah was contemporary with Haggai, and so, they shared the same historical context and concerns.  Not only had the returned Jews...

In 586 B.C., Jerusalem was destroyed and most of its citizens taken to Babylon.  In the years following, the people were in exile in...

The day of the Lord . . . The Lord will be against the idolaters and the unrighteous.  For them it will be a day of darkness and gloom. ...

Habakkuk is real.  The man is honest.  The man is bold.  His circumstances were horrible (Jerusalem was falling and being burned right...

Nahum’s ministry was one of warning to Nineveh because of her sins.  An interesting statement from the beginning of the book:  “The Lord...

Yesterday, I wrote:  “But just as all peoples are brought under obligation to the Lord and his word, so all peoples will find hope in...

“The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth” (1:1).  You know, the Lord uses ordinary people to accomplish his purposes, and...

God is concerned about Nineveh!  How shocking that message must have been to Jonah and to Israel.  It might be comparable, today, to a...