“Thy God, whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.” (Daniel 6:16) Darius was the Medo-Persian king. The Medo-Persians had defeated the Babylonians. Daniel the prophet had served the Babylonians, but now that the Medo-Persians were in power, Daniel was working for King Darius. Darius’s government had one hundred twenty princes over the whole kingdom,…

“Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;” (Romans 12:11) Romans Chapter 12 is largely about the nuts and bolts of the daily Christian life. At first glance, our verse may seem to be for people in ministry; yet it’s really for everyone who knows Jesus as Saviour. The Book of Romans wasn’t…

“…pour out your heart before him:” (Psalm 62:8) Israel was in cruel bondage in Egypt. God sent Moses to deliver them. Moses and his brother Aaron went to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and said, “Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in…

“For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.” (2 Corinthians 13:8) Journalists, like most people, aren’t perfect. Take the following FOX 23 News headline: Tulsa police search for suspect after robbing a woman at gunpoint Does something sound not quite right? We know (or hope) that Tulsa police didn’t rob a…

“Therefore all things that ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 7:12)    These words are important words. We know they’re important because they’re in the Bible. The Bible is the most important book in the world. It is God’s…

One day the Pharisees “…sent out unto him [Jesus] their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.” (Matthew 22:16) After this attempt at flattery, they tried to trap…

“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” (Genesis 3:1)     Here is the story of the fall of man. The devil tempted Eve to eat…

   Then came his [Jesus’] disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead…

“Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:” (2 Thessalonians 3:1) Paul asked Christians at Thessalonica to pray to God for him and his helpers. Specifically, he asked them to pray that as they ministered, the spreading of God’s…

“And Cain…rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.” (Genesis 4:8-9) Genesis 4:1 says, “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man from the LORD.” (Genesis 4:1) God had promised them a Redeemer after they’d sinned. Eve may have thought Cain would be…

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.” (Genesis 3:21) When the serpent tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, he accused God of lying to keep something good from them: “Ye shall not surely die [as God had warned]: For God doth know that…

“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:15) Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork.” The glorious, starry night sky shows us how glorious…