We are cruising along in reading the Bible this year. It’s day 160, and there’s a lot of cool stuff going on in today’s readings. In Matthew 17, we learn about a demon-possessed young man. A sinister reality unfolds: the demon is actively trying to kill the boy. His distraught dad brings him to the…
In Genesis 35, God tells Jacob get ready to move to Bethel to settle. In verse 2, Jacob told everyone in his household, “Get rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves, and put on clean clothes. He takes the idols and earrings, buries them under a tree, and moves on out of the area….
I find the lives of the early Christians fascinating. In Acts 13, the prophets and teachers of the church in Antioch were fasting and worshiping the Lord. I wonder what our world would look like if members of the church gathered more often to worship, fast, and pray. It seems like we usually go to…