2 Conditions That Could Kill Your Thanksgiving

Blog

As we approach this Thanksgiving season, we’ll look at the things of life that might make it difficult to be grateful...

Understanding the Beatitudes (Devotional)

Devotional

Understand and apply the characteristics that Jesus calls "blessed."

Moses’ Final Appeal for Obedience to God (Deuteronomy 29:1-30:20)

Bible Commentary

Moses concludes with a third speech, a final appeal for obedience to God’s covenant, which will result in human...

The Blessings of Obeying God’s Covenant (Deuteronomy 7:12-15; 28:2-12)

Bible Commentary

In case the commandments, statutes, and ordinances in God’s covenant might come to seem like nothing but a burden to...

God Works Through the Fruitfulness of Childbearing (Ruth 4:13-18)

Bible Commentary

In Ruth 4:13, we encounter only the second instance in the book (in addition to Ruth 1:6) where an event is expressly...

God’s Blessing for All Nations (Jonah 1:16, 3:1-4:2)

Bible Commentary

Jonah disobeys God’s call because he objects to God’s intent to bless Israel’s adversaries, the nation of Assyria...

Job’s Prosperity Acknowledged as God’s Blessing (Job 1:1-12)

Bible Commentary

At the beginning of the Book of Job we are introduced to an exceptionally prosperous farmer/rancher named Job. He is...

The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12)

Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount opens with the beatitudes—eight statements beginning with the word blessed.[1] This word...