Below you'll find a list of all posts from 2026
Read Numbers 24:1 through 25:18 History washes over the masses of humanity, obliterating all traces of the individual. Civilizations rise and fall, and men unleash cruelty upon each other as they have done for ages. What power can one person wield against the overwhelming power of history? Ask Moses. Ask Paul. Ask Copernicus or Martin Luther or Abraham Lincoln or …
Read Numbers 11:1 through 13:33 God instructed Moses to send men to explore the land of Canaan. Using spies in this way was common in that culture; people wanted to know about the land they hoped to enter. But this wasn’t just a typical investigation. This was a next step—a long-awaited step—for God’s people to enter the land He had …
Read Leviticus 23:1 through 27:34 The house was filled with the noise of laughter. The rooms carried the aroma of food. Great-grandparents held their great-grandchildren. A father finally saw his son after months in another country. A grandmother carried her grandson for the first time. Everyone was taking pictures and telling stories. This family celebration was an experience they would …
Read Leviticus 17:1 through 22:33 “Everybody else wears strapless dresses. I don’t see why I can’t!” Mallory felt like smacking her head as she tried to explain the family’s modesty beliefs to her daughter once again. When she grew up, Mallory’s daughter understood and became even stricter with her own children. But as a teenager she wanted to follow the …
Read Matthew 27:1 through 28:20 Sean’s grandmother showed him some of the letters her husband had written to her while serving in the army overseas. “He wrote to me almost every day. Sometimes the wait seemed unbearable, but I knew your grandfather was doing his best not only to fight the battle but to return to me as well. I’ll …
Read Matthew 23:1 through 24:51 Little Jimmy was asked in Sunday School to quote a Scripture regarding the sin of lying. “Lying is an abomination to God,” he said, “and a very present help in time of trouble.” This is a humorous story, but one that aptly describes the attitude of today’s culture toward character, integrity, lying, and hypocrisy. “So …
Read Matthew 18:1 through 20:34 Sara visited the halfway house every week to share with the women who had been released from prison. Linda, the director, asked: “What motivates you? You visit my residents more than anyone else, and you’ve got the longest drive.” Sara explained, “Jesus came all the way from heaven to seek and find lost ‘sheep.’ I’m …
Read Genesis 44:1 through 46:4; Matthew 12:22–37 Talk about bad things happening to good people! Besides being sold into slavery, Joseph was thrown into prison for not having sex with his boss’s wife, and then he was forgotten about by an associate who promised to help him. If anyone had a reason to question, “Why me, God? I didn’t do …
Read Genesis 29:1 through 33:20 Mass media leads us to believe love needs immediate gratification. Many showbiz relationships are short-term and disposable. In today’s world, Jacob might be considered a laughingstock. So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her (Genesis 29:20). In Jacob’s time, …
Read Genesis 12:1 through 14:24 Florence Nightingale was born into a wealthy British family. Her parents expected her to live a life of ease, but at sixteen her life changed. She said, “God called me to His service.” When she asked her parents to allow her to study nursing, they were horrified. Nursing at that time was not a respected …