Being Like Barnabas

Acts 4:36-37 “36 And Joses [Joseph], who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.” How...

What to Do in Dangerous Times

Proverbs 29:8 “Scornful men bring a city into a snare [set a city aflame]: but wise men turn away wrath.” What should we do in these dangerous times? As you and I read the news about our nation, we grow more and more concerned. What will the end of these things be?...

Will You Stay Behind?

2 Kings 2 On this Father’s Day, every father among us would echo the words of Proverbs 5:7, “Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.” It is this sentiment that serves as a backdrop for a startling question in the Scriptures. It...

How to Pray in Perilous Times

2 Samuel 15:31 Two hundred men of Issachar were among those who followed David when he fled from murderous King Saul. According to 1 Chronicles 12:23, these men were among those who were determined to put David into power as the king of Israel. About these men, 1...