A young man sat in a second story balcony of the church in a poor African city. His life had been forever changed by what he had seen and experienced. As he contemplated these things, three young children, neighbors to the church building, strove to get his attention. When the young man looked, they would hide. It was a game to play…

“Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on…

The disciples had seen Jesus after His resurrection twice already. Now seven of them were likely in Cana of Galilee and Peter says, “I’m going fishing” and the other six follow (John 21:3). The Bible tells us that they went out all night and caught nothing. This is similar to the events of Luke 5:5 and we begin to question if Peter…

Simon Peter was known as being quick to action. He gets a bad reputation among modern Christians because his actions were not always theologically sound. When asked by Jesus, “Who do men say that I am?” Peter nailed it with, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matt. 16:16). However, within moments of that declaration, he is strongly rebuked…

The accounts of Jesus calming the storm on Galilee offer an interesting perspective on faith and perspective (Matt. 8:18-27; Mark 4:35-42; Luke 8:22-25). What was it about these circumstances that allowed one person to sleep and others to feel mortal danger? Jesus had just finished teaching many parables to the people. As He saw the crowds growing, He commanded that they depart…

It has been called by many names: Chinnereth (Num. 34:11), Lake of Gannesaret (Luke 5:1), Sea of Tiberias (John 6:1) and most commonly to us, the Sea of Galilee (Matt. 4:18). Measuring 13 miles north to south and 7.5 miles east to west, it is not sea size. With an area of 64 square miles, it is much smaller than the 730…

This is not a race that your Fitbit can track but rather something you are born into. When anyone brings up the topic of race, we tend to compare what is said with our preconceived ideas about race. What if some of those ideas are wrong? It wouldn’t be the first time someone has been wrong about the race concept. Since the…

Jesus had just silenced the Sadducees, a Jewish sect that did not believe in the resurrection or the oral traditions of the Pharisees. They had come to him with a question to test him (Matt. 22:23-33). Hearing this, the Pharisees, a Jewish sect in opposition to the Sadducees, got together to test Jesus again. This time one of them, a lawyer, stood…