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For well over four hundred years, the Israelites lived as slaves in Egypt under conditions that grew more and more unbearable. In His grace, God heard their cries and ultimately called Moses to lead them out of Egypt in ... of Egypt. With the yoke of slavery broken from their necks, God’s people followed Him into an uncharted, unpredictable, unexpected ...
... connection. And we feel romantic love toward a spouse. But the highest form of love is charity—the type of devotion that seeks the highest good of another. This love serves ... we need most of all, and it finds its fullest expression in God’s relationship to us.
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One of the benefits of studying a New Testament letter is the opportunity to become better acquainted with the writer himself—in this case, Paul the apostle. In this brief vignette (a ...
Everyone expects the dangers of this world to attack from outside the comforts of home. However, with divorces taking place at alarming rates, ... The reality of crumbling marriages in our world should cause God’s people to stand up and take notice. Thankfully, the Bible provides ...
Ours is a day of bending the rules and rationalizing the wrong. A growing number of Christians are buying into the mentality that says, “Grace covers whatever…go ahead, God understands and forgives.” The results are somewhere between embarrassing ...
When death nears, it is remarkable how important the shade of our sheltering friends becomes. Not even the Son of God wanted to be alone when the shadow of the Cross darkened His last days.
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When reading about angels in God’s Word, the imagination tends to fly away into the heavens. But what does the Bible ... who sometimes take a variety of forms and are sent by God with special messages to specific people for significant reasons.
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Opening the door to ingratitude and letting it get comfortable in your heart might be one of the quickest ways to kill a spiritually vibrant ministry. But the Spirit has ... as we toil day by day, month by month, and year by year in God’s vineyard.
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... barefoot and in awe, Moses received instructions from God on the role he would play in Israel’s deliverance from Egypt.
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... true of people is also true of churches—you can’t tell the effectiveness of a church by its building. The small church building on the corner with the peeling paint and cardboard ...
Surely the Apostle Paul and first-century believers knew the meaning of endurance amid persecution. Even still, Paul emphasized the ... statement based on Philippians: a life without joy isn’t God’s will! The good news is that believers don’t have to drum up feelings. ...
The air today is filled with the shrill cry of “my rights.” And in the centre ring of this loud arena is the home—more specifically, the ...
... Insight for Living Canada to help people understand how the Bible is relevant to their everyday lives.
By addressing issues ... as loneliness, anxiety, anger, and self-esteem, we show how the Bible speaks directly to their concerns.
Through these articles, we ...
The Apostle Peter didn’t see himself as the powerful CEO of the early church. Instead, he saw himself as a humble shepherd overseeing God’s dear sheep.
A godly leader has the responsibility to care for and ...
... ministry—it’s yours. Sure it’s his voice you hear on the program every day and God has given him the platform to deliver, teach, and preach His Word. But this ...
The vicissitudes of life often assault us like wintery blizzards, numbing our fingers, or like blistering rays from the sun, burning our skin. No one receives a pass on hardship. But God, in His grace, gives us friendships that become for us robust tree trunks ...
... will it ultimately come to an end? Because humans invented the clock, then obviously that device will not accompany us into eternity. The planets that God Almighty arranged in space continue to be the most perfect chronometer ever ...
Just in case you haven’t noticed, God operates in the realm of mystery. His wisdom is not based on human logic or human knowledge. When we forget that other-worldly nature of God’s wisdom, frankly, we’re headed for trouble. As we have learned in ...
Bring up the story of David and Goliath with most people, and they will be familiar with the epochal event that took place thousands of years ago in a valley in Israel. Hands down, David and Goliath are doubtlessly the most famous characters in the Old Testament. Christians and non-Christians ...
Do you ever say to yourself, “OK, God, what next?”
After God delivered the Israelites from Egypt, He met with them at Sinai, taught them a new way of ...
