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Malachi sets the stage for the people of Israel to understand the coming of Jesus, and the Gospel writers pick up on it as One coming to “baptize you with...

Zechariah concludes his prophecy of fourteen chapters with God’s people being called to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. When will this be fulfilled and how might it be significant for...

Proverbs 31 has become a mainstay in teaching the inward beauty of a wise woman. Today we will look closely at several verses to understand how this woman who fears...

God will go to any length to accomplish His purpose in rescuing the lost. He used Daniel and his friends in the previous chapters of Daniel to impact King Nebuchadnezzar,...

Ever since the giving of the Law on Mt. Sinai in the form of a covenant, the people of Israel had failed miserably in keeping it. The real problem was...

Many times, we react to overwhelming difficulties by putting our life on ‘pause.’ We need a break from the stress, it feels. When many from Judah were exiled to Babylon,...

The Lord told Jeremiah to speak everything he was commanded and to expect tremendous opposition as a result. But not to worry, God will rescue him. Later, we discover just...

God set Jeremiah aside as His appointed prophet when he was young. Intimidated by this call, Jeremiah objected, but God reassured him of His sovereign plan and provision for the...

Obadiah is told to prophesy against Edom, the epitome of both God’s and Judah’s enemies. As such, the nation is condemned but is told that God’s kingdom will one day...

How do we respond to the feeling that the last bit of hope is slipping through our fingers? Habakkuk is told to prophesy the coming destruction of Judah at the...

Why do we struggle so much with anger? With others’ opinions of us? With arguing? With over-competitiveness? Or comparing ourselves with others? Sometimes solutions to our problems are far more...

Matthew culminates his birth narrative of the coming Messiah with Mary and Joseph settling in Nazareth, thereby fulfilling the words of the prophets. Upon closer examination, this prophetic concept creates...

So, who exactly visited baby Jesus that wonderful “Christmas morning” so long ago? Did it include that strange group of Magi that most Nativity scenes adorably portray gathered in the...

Jonah and Nahum prophesied about 150 years apart to the same city – Nineveh. Under Jonah’s preaching, the metropolis of 120,000 encountered a clear sign from God and enthusiastically repented,...

Micah prophesies the destruction of both Samaria and Jerusalem for their continual turning away from the Lord. Concerning the latter city, however, he boldly declares that it will rise again...

As young little leaguers take the field, it is inevitable that one of them gets distracted and begins to pick the flowers, even when the baseball is hit in their...

Our struggles are regular opportunities to depend upon God for breakthrough. Joel predicts a plague of locusts that would crush Israel, bringing her to her knees in dependence upon God...

There is warfare going on all around us in the world that is all too evident and costing innumerable lives. What is not so evident is the warfare waged on...

George Orwell coined the term “newspeak” in his book 1984. It is used today to refer to confusing political terms, either euphemisms or redefinitions for governmental evils, like “reproductive health...

Sin broke us. Not just a little bit. Crushed. Ruined. Completely. “All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,” personal therapists, and the best self-help books on the market...

Sin is not something that simply complicates our relationship with God; it severs it! It produces in us a deadness and constant dissatisfaction in our soul that is unavoidable. Self-help...

Failure can feel final, like we’ve reached the end of the road and must resign to its horrific consequences. But we do so from a limited and often naïve perspective....

When it comes to evaluating our day, “good” or “bad,” we’re experts. Without realizing it, we can tend to adopt our culture’s mindset and assess much of our life from...

The world of Noah’s day was completely destroyed. An entire population, more than likely in the millions, wiped out while only eight righteous people could be found. How does this...

The kingdom of Judah played politics after King Josiah died, siding with one oppressive nation or the other, hoping to gain some reprieve. They soon discovered, however, that politicking completely...