Do you have some good friends? Do you have the kind of friend that you can call or text any time and you know you’ll get a quick response? Someone you pretty much can reach out to any time of the day or night? But, even that friend has other things to do—right? There are times that he/she needs to focus on “his/her own things”—right? And, you…

Picture the comic strip detective holding his magnifying glass, hunched over, following the clues. Picture the hunter in the thick brush with his hound trailing the scent of some wild game. In both of those illustrations, there is something that is trackable, in order to reach the end of locating and securing that which has been tracked, so that the tracking is completed. In…

A screwdriver is created for a specific purpose. That’s not hard to figure out. A flashlight is also created for a purpose. A screwdriver cannot fulfill the flashlight’s purpose, nor vice versa. If the shaft of a screwdriver breaks or the batteries in a flashlight die, those devices cannot fulfill their intended purpose. Fellow Christian, we have each been created for a specific purpose. We have been…

Forty-five years after the twelve spies returned from spying out the Promised Land and the people of Israel believed and followed the pessimistic perspective of the ten spies, Caleb recalled the effect of that faithless report. This faithful spy, in his old age, said, “My brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt” (Josh. 14:8). This same evaluation…

3,500 years ago, the king of Egypt grew increasingly concerned about the size and might of the Israelite nation. The king instructed the Hebrew midwives to take matters into their hands: “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a…

The city of Joppa was a natural harbor along the Mediterranean coast and was a well-traveled commercial seaport. When the beloved Dorcas became sick and died, the disciples sent for Peter in nearby Lydda. Peter travelled about 10 miles to Joppa and did the unthinkable…the amazing…the thrilling—he raised Dorcas from the dead. Would you believe that nobody really cared and that the news of that…

Jesus healing Peter’s mother-in-law is one of those fascinating miracles of Christ, and it is only given a very few verses in Scripture (Matt. 8:14-15; Mark 1:29-31; Luke 4:38-39). The text says that she was sick with a high fever and had been laying in the bed for a while. Jesus came, rebuked the fever, took her by the hand, and the fever left…

When Moses began to make excuses to God about why he was not the right spokesperson to go to Pharaoh, God asked Moses this question, “Who has made man’s mouth?” (Ex. 4:11). What a question! The very organ of which Moses claimed he was lacking was given to him by his Maker. So, who made your mouth? While we’re at it, who…