The Evil Queen, Her Good-Bad Grandson, and the Influential Priest In today’s passage we read about Queen Athaliah, her grandson Joash, and the priest Jehoiada. Here’s their story. The Evil Queen Athaliah Athaliah’s son Ahaziah is King. As with most mothers, she influences her son. But she doesn’t have a positive impact on him. Instead […]
Discover What the Sovereignty of God Really Means We know that God is sovereign. But many people misunderstand what this actually means. As a result, they struggle with their comprehension of their Sovereign Lord’s character. The word sovereign appears nearly three hundred times in the Bible. Aside from the book of Ezekiel, most of those verses are […]
Through Jesus Our Sins Are Forgiven and Forgotten What happens after we sin? From a physical and emotional standpoint there may be consequences that we’ll have to deal with. From a spiritual standpoint, those who follow Jesus need to confess their sins to their Savior. He will forgive us and purify us. We can count […]
Standing Before God’s Judgment Seat When you die, will you stand before God’s judgment seat to give an account of your life? Yes. Paul says we’ll all stand before our Lord to give an account of what we did (Romans 14:10-12). God’s Judgment Seat Does this idea of appearing before our Creator fill you with […]
Sexual Immorality Defiles Our Bodies, the Temple of the Holy Spirit Some people today don’t want to talk about sin. They view discussions of sin as judgmental. In truth, they don’t want to be confronted with their own shortcomings and faults. But the Bible addresses sin, so we’d be foolish to dismiss it. Most sins […]
Though the Bible Tells Us to Judge, Who We’re Supposed to Judge May Shock You When Paul writes to his friends in Corinth, he has much to say because they struggle with many things, including judging others. He spends a whole chapter in his first letter addressing sin within their assembly: sexual sin, specifically incest. […]
Discover Why We Need to Help the Poor and Needy Even if you’ve not read the Bible, you have likely heard about Sodom and Gomorrah, the cities God destroyed for their extreme wickedness. The account of this is found in Genesis, chapters 18 and 19. In this text, the sexual depravity of the men of […]
Luke Bible Study, Day 6 Today’s passage: Luke 3:1–20 Focus verse: “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.” (Luke 3:11) Our timeline jumps forward eighteen years, and we pick up the story with John the Baptist—John for short. This is […]
One Man’s Disobedience Impacts the Entire Nation At last it’s time for Joshua to lead the people into the land God promised to give them and take it. First up is Jericho. But they don’t attack the city as we’d expect. Instead, they march around it for seven days. On the seventh day, the priests […]
Not Taking Responsibility for Our Actions Goes Way Back We often shake our heads in dismay over people who refuse to admit when they have done something wrong. Instead they want to blame others. They refuse to take responsibility for their mistakes. This is not a new development. Even Moses, who spoke to God face-to-face, […]