The masterpiece that is the life of Job provides powerful proof that the grace of God is truly sufficient for His ailing servants, and also that His strength is made perfect in weakness (2nd Corinthians 12:9). There is no doubt that for Job, it would have been enough to be…
The year was 445 B.C. and the walls of Jerusalem remained in ruins. The ruling empire during this period was Persia, but they were not the kingdom that had destroyed Jerusalem with fire. This travesty had been executed 141 years earlier (586 B.C.) by the Babylonian empire, and the obliterated…
Recently, a series of diverse consecutive natural disasters have taken place in several different parts of the world. The devastating aftermath of these calamitous events have, undoubtedly, arrested the attention of the world. Once more, nature has reminded humanity of its indomitable force that is foolish to ignore. One media…
In sixteenth century England, history tells the tale of what has come to be known today as the English Reformation; a movement that began due to one king’s fervent desire for a male heir to his throne. Historians tell of how King Henry VIII had made the determination that he…
The words my mother spoke to me before I departed, when I had to travel for a school event, still resonate very clearly upon my memory. She would speak to me in her gentle, yet firm voice, “Son, just don’t forget who you are. Wherever you go or whomever you…
Disasters have a unique way of bonding strangers together. Although they are undesirable, the urgency created by them elucidates the true characters of men. The dire circumstances brought about by destruction (whether created by nature or man), can become a powerful agent for unity by providing a common goal for…
In the Gospel account of John, the Master proclaims “I am the good shepherd” (John 10:11). It was customary for the Lord to use examples from the everyday life of His audience. He used this method as a tool to present important spiritual lessons in a manner that related to…
The Bible is composed of books, prose, poetry, and letters better known as epistles. Every one of these works of literature were “given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (2nd Timothy 3:16). God, in His infinite wisdom, was well…
As I journey down the stream of my consciousness, I arrive to a somber memory involving my late, beautiful mother. The recollected image flashing in my mind’s eye is dominated by her motherly reaction more than the details of the actual event itself. Undeniably, this reaction on her behalf was…
Adumbrate (verb): to foreshadow vaguely or to suggest, disclose, or outline partially (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary). When Jehovah God called upon His servant Moses to deliver the people of Israel out of Egypt, He promised Moses that He “would bring them up from that land to a good and large land,…