There are a couple of texts that describe the essential qualities for elders in the New Testament. In 1 Timothy 3:1-13, the list appears back to back with a list…

The Book of Haggai is tucked away in that back part of the Old Testament that tends to gather dust. We don’t often have time for these minor prophets, what…

Jeremiah was given the dubious task of being the prophet who would foretell, and live through, the judgment and subsequent exile of the people of God. The temple would be…

“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work” (2…

“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil” (Matthew 4:1). Let’s not miss the full gravity of what’s happening here: Who was…