Before Jesus, there was a mediator to meet with God.  You could not go to God on your own even to make a sacrifice, but had to go to a priest to stood the gap.  If you were not Jewish or a woman you could only go so far into the temple.  If you were clean, you could...

Judges 13:5 New International Version (NIV) 5 You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the...

2 Corinthians 4:15,16 (NASB) For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.  16 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our...

I enjoy history.  Whether it is the genealogy of my family, the development of the Americas, or the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, I think there is something to be learned from most good and bad aspects of history in this world.  The older people get, the more...

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 These are some of the most familiar, beloved, and memorized words in all of Scripture. Yet, as familiar as they...

Judges 8:31 New International Version (NIV) 31 His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelek. Gideon has an illegitimate son from his concubine who will eventually lead to having his other seventy sons killed by the half blood...