Why hasn’t God put an end to evil? If it were on our terms, we would eliminate the cruel world leaders, murderers, thieves, natural disasters, and diseases. But God’s approach is far more radical. He moves against all actual evil and...
This life is transitory, ephemeral, and we will face adversity while on this earth. But we have fellowship in Christ’s sufferings, a truth that ought to lead us to cultivate a greater longing for our eternal home. Death does not have the final say, and so anything we...
First Samuel 2 contains one of the great prayers of the Bible. Similar to Mary’s Magnificat, the prayer of this humble woman gives us a picture of the honor and glory and praise due to God. Out of her humility, Hannah magnifies the true King of Israel....
Where do you turn when you are despondent and in despair? If you are in need of encouragement, 2 Corinthians 1 provides comfort in the face of adversity, reminding us of the truth of the gospel in the midst of false teaching. Not only that, it teaches us how to...
First Samuel is a book of new beginnings, a transition from the old ways of the judges to the new ways of the kings. The first chapter in this book paves the way for this transition through the recounting of the story of Samuel’s birth, the prophet God would use to...
