Silent night Holy night All is calm All is bright... Have you ever noticed how peaceful and calm Nativity Scenes often are? It may look like a sweet picture of Mary cradling her baby in her arms with Joseph close-by while a few snowflakes gently fall to the ground outside. I hate to destroy this lovely scene, but can we be realistic for a minute here? First of all, it does not snow in the Middle East... Mary was likely not looking -- or even feeling, for that matter --

In 1 Samuel 10, we find the story of the prophet Samuel anointing Saul as the first kind of Israel. As I read this story the other day, something at the end of the chapter jumped out at me. Once Saul was anointed king, most of the Israelites accepted him as such, except for a few "rebels." Verse 27 says, "But some of the rebels said, 'How can this man save us?' So they despised him and brought him no presents..." What caught my attention was Saul's response to these rebels

I once read a devotional that focused on the story in Genesis when God made Eve, the first woman. The point of that devotional always stuck with me, even a few years later. Let’s walk through it in today’s article.           The Problem             In Genesis 2, we see God creating the universe. After He created man, He said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him”  (verse 18, NKJV).             There was a problem: Adam, the fir

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This week's post is written by guest author, Shadow! Don't forget to check out her blog, Shine Bright ! You can read my article, "Mary's...

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