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252 illustrations across all 48 chapters
Man is a creature requiring help, and the text instructs where that help originates.
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Yet Yahweh employs affliction not as abandonment but as severe reclamation.
Against this apostasy, the prophet confronted those who declared, "It is vain to serve God." The nature of God's demanded service comprises five essential marks.
This wise determination encompasses five essential dimensions of Christian commitment.
There is a time for the divine decree to be issued against a nation; a time when, though Noah, Job, and Daniel should stand before Him, yet He will not be entreated; though they cry early, cry aloud, cry with...
God does not pronounce judgment until men have first abused His benevolence and provoked His intervention.
Exell's Victorian analysis of Ezekiel 14:26 unfolds the promise "And ye shall eat in plenty" across eight spiritual dimensions: satiation of body, contentment with portion, the capacity to eat, and supremely, the enjoyment of Elohim as our God in Christ.
The work of retribution operates as a fowler's craft—precisely, inexorably.
The Lord does not merely turn away; He *releases Himself* (*aphistemi*), detaches Himself, shakes off an encumbrance without righteousness.
"Four young men have I slain with the sword . . . yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith the Lord." God's dealings with nations and individuals during trial proceed not from vindictiveness but from love and compassion, designed...
Their repentance was fundamentally defective—a *nostos* (return) of behavior without a *epistrophe* (turning toward) Adonai.
The sermon illustration emphasizes the profound meaning behind Psalm 23, highlighting God's active and protective care as the shepherd. It illustrates the shift from a general acknowledgment of God's presence to a personal relationship in times of suffering, ultimately pointing to Christ as the fulfillment of the shepherd role through His sacrificial love.
The sermon illustration emphasizes the profound meaning of Psalm 23, highlighting God's active and protective care as a shepherd. It illustrates the transition from a general acknowledgment of God's sovereignty to a personal assurance of His presence in times of suffering. Ultimately, it connects the imagery of the shepherd to Christ, who embodies perfect protection and sacrificial love for His followers.
In 2019, a cattle rancher named Dale Pennington outside of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, noticed that three of his weaker heifers had gone missing after a...
In February 2019, a polar vortex dropped temperatures across the Texas Panhandle to twenty below zero. Cattle rancher Jake Herrmann of Amarillo woke at 3...
In 2010, a border collie named Keno worked with Montana Search and Rescue, covering terrain no human team could manage alone. When a twelve-year-old boy...
In February 2019, a polar vortex drove temperatures across the Midwest to forty below zero. Most ranchers in western Nebraska hunkered down and waited it...
In 1514, a Spanish priest named Bartolomé de las Casas stood in his church on the island of Hispaniola and read the words of Ecclesiasticus:...
In March 2019, when the Missouri River surged over its banks near Craig, Missouri, rancher Dave Hogeland lost track of forty-three head of cattle. Neighbors...
The events of human life are mixed and conflicting, yet all remain under the direction of the Great Father.
In 1966, Mao Zedong's Red Guards swept through China with a singular mission: destroy every trace of Christianity. They shuttered churches, burned Bibles by the...
First, the *object* of true worship: "Men shall worship Him"—that is, Jehovah.
At a middle school outside Memphis, the cafeteria had an unspoken hierarchy. The athletes and popular kids pushed to the front, loaded their trays with...
Under Kings Manasseh and Amon, Judah descended into flagrant idolatry.