A Mind to Work
Nehemiah 4:6 says, “So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.” One of my favorite accounts in the Old Testament is when Nehemiah led the post-exilic Jews in the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. One hundred forty […]
A Year in the Life of a Bible
Even though Bibles in electronic form are ubiquitous now, having evolved through cassette tapes, CDs, computers, and now to phones and tablets (I’ve had Bibles on every one of these formats), millions of households all over the world still have physical copies of the Scriptures. The following “diary” sadly reflects the current state (and likely […]
By What Power?
In Acts 4 the chief priests and Sadducees were angry at Peter and John for teaching about the resurrection of Jesus from the dead in the temple. They arrested them and threw them into prison overnight. Peter had preached to a large crowd who had gathered because of an astonishing miracle Peter had performed — […]
