The New Free ThinkersAaron sighed loudly as he looked up the mountainside to see the same rocks and scattered foliage as the day before. No sign of Moses. Not for weeks. He could hear the more vocal dissenters approaching, but he didn’t turn around. They wanted the same thing as yesterday: a new symbol, a new direction. And [...]
This guest article comes to us from Bishop John Hanson as part of our “Month of Guest Articles” for September 2009. Once upon a time a creative thinker had the opportunity to address some very influential people at a ground-breaking summit. He delivered a stirring speech in which he described a glorious life; a world [...]
Lion of the Tribe of Judah A lion. Something so fierce, yet it can be so beautiful and magnificent all at the same time! Jesus was called the “Lion of the Tribe of Judah” in Revelation 5:5, which reads “Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the [...]
Some Bible stories are just more fun to read than others. Some are more interesting or relatable. I have a few personal favorite stories to read; the lives of Elijah, Jeremiah, and Enoch all fascinate me. But when it comes to “fun” value, there aren’t many passages more entertaining than the story of Balaam. At [...]
Shiloh When the patriarch Jacob realized that he was going to die soon, he gathered his sons together and blessed them — or more accurately, he foretold what each tribe of Israel would become. Judah was favored, but there is an unfamiliar phrase in the middle of his blessing: “The sceptre shall not depart from [...]
When many people think of submission, they think of it negatively. They think of people who take advantage of others’ weakness and unwillingness to do anything about the abuse of authority. To them, submission means letting someone else control you against your will. In reality, that’s a distorted view of the way submission is supposed [...]
Imagine a king who loved you so much that he would come off his throne. There once was a man who was a slave to a cruel taskmaster. Now this slave knew no other way of life. He was bound, blind to any chance of escape. But there was also a mighty king. This king [...]
Fear. I never thought fear would be a problem for me. All I remember is knowing that other people went through it. I never really thought about what it would be like if I of all people had it grip my heart with such force that I couldn’t even survive without thinking about it. Thing [...]