Who would have ever thought that Gideon with his army of 300 would prevail against 120,000 Midianites, slain in the initial battle, plus 15,000 more who were destroyed shortly afterwards. At the end of the day, all that could be said was that God truly was working through Gideon to accomplish His purposes. Three hundred versus 135,000 seems like impossible odds until…

In order to emphasize the exceeding greatness of Jesus Christ and his own abject unworthiness in comparison, John the Baptist announced, “One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose” (Luke 3:16).  Think about that for a moment.  John did not consider himself deserving of even loosening the strap on Jesus’ sandal.  How low do you…

Our spiritual lives are marked with highs and lows.  There are those mountaintop moments when you feel that there is nothing that could stand in your way.  Then, there are those moments when you seem to fall to every temptation, and you are left wondering how God could love you. Among the characters of the Bible, we can find people that experienced…

It is remarkable how often the Bible makes reference to our ability to see. The contrast between righteousness and unrighteousness is illustrated by referring to light and darkness. The Bible uses the spiritual eyes of Christians walking by faith in contrast to those who walk in darkness. Our God wants us to use the eyes of faith to look upward. David, whose…

Life.  Sometimes it controls us.  Sometimes we get so entrenched in what we’re doing that we lose sight of what is most important.  As Christians, there is one simple truth that must guide every decision we make and every move we take—Christ is to “have first place in everything” (Col. 1:18).  Christ must have first place in my life!  My relationship with…

What would it have been like to partake in the Lord’s Supper with the apostles?  Or, with Mary, Martha and Lazarus?  Or any of those upon whom the Lord made such a lasting impact?  What would they be thinking about as the words rolled across their minds, “Do this in remembrance of Me” (Luke 22:19)?  They could have been thinking about any…

It is difficult for us to imagine the understanding Moses had of God when he stood before the burning bush. Unlike us, who have the fullness of the revelation of God, Moses had no Bible. Not a single page of it had been written. The world and its understanding of the Creator was about to change, and Moses was the one God…

Saul of Tarsus went through an incredibly thorough transformation in becoming the apostle Paul.  It was more than just a name change; it was a wholesale change of everything about him.  That he went from “persecutor to persecuted” is more than just a catchy way of saying it, it was visibly true. Visibly true?  Do you mean that it was visibly evident…