The Ark In The Bible
Prior to the flood, God told Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth” (Gen. 6:13). Then God told Noah, “Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the…
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Ur of the Chaldeans
Genesis 11:31-32 states, “Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haram’s son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there. Terah lived 205 years and died in Haran.”…
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“God Will Provide” In The Bible
We can learn much about God’s provision in the story of God’s call to Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac. So, what can we learn about the phrase “God will provide” in the Bible? Genesis 22:8 are key verses in the account of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac. God’s Provision for Abraham Here are verses…
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“Astonishment” In The Bible
What is “astonishment” in the Bible? According to the Holman Christian Standard Bible, after Jesus brought a 12-year old girl back to life in Mark 5:21-24,35-42, Mark recorded that the crowd of people who witnessed this miracle “were utterly astounded” (v. 42, HCSB). The translators of the King James Version, however, put it this way:…
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God’s Expectations of His Followers as Seen in Genesis 22
What are God’s expectations? The late Dr. Adrian Rodgers, longtime pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church (Memphis, TN area), once told the story of a woman who was under deep conviction on the first night of a series of evangelistic services. She wanted to receive Christ, but she didn’t want to walk down in front of…
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Philip In The Bible
Who was Philip in the Bible? Philip was the name of one of Jesus’ 12 apostles (see Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:12-16; John 6:4-7), although we don’t know a great deal about him. But Philip was also the name of a different individual in the early church in Jerusalem. It is this leader in the Jerusalem…
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Philippi In The Bible
Why was Philippi in the Bible important? After Paul received a vision in which a man from Macedonia stood and asked him to come to Macedonia and help, Paul and his company “set out for” the Roman province, concluding that God wanted them to evangelize the people who lived there also (Acts 16:10). Luke continued,…
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“Rhoda” In The Bible
What do we know about “Rhoda” in the Bible? Among other things, her response to a miracle reveals the fact that sometimes God does things that surprise even His own people! But she wasn’t the only one surprised that happy evening. After Peter was supernaturally rescued from jail in Acts 12:6-10, he said, “Now I know…
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Sin: Responses of Adam and Eve Are Typical
Immediately after Adam and Eve ate fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they knew something was very wrong. Their act of disobedience against God gave them a knowledge they’d have been better off without. The Bible says “the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were…
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