Just about every character in Scripture went through a low or difficult season in their life. Abraham despaired of having a son of his own and was planning on bequeathing his fortune to his servant. Then when he did get a son of his own, Isaac, God asked him to...
Jesus and his disciples were in a remote place. They had gone there to basically recoup. The disciples had just returned from ministry, and they had also learned that John the Baptist, cousin of Jesus, had been beheaded by Herod. Jesus had been doing so many...
2 Kings 4:1-7 The wife of a prophet was left a widow along with her two sons. Women in those days had no means of support other than their husbands or families. There were some debts outstanding and her creditors were going to make slaves out of her sons to pay the...
On the Day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the 120 gathered in an upper room in Jerusalem, Peter stood up and preached a powerful message, and the hearts of many were pricked with conviction. They asked what they should do, and Peter’s answer...
Burial customs in the Middle East during the time that Jesus was on earth were to wrap the corpse in white cloths from the neck to the feet. The head was covered with a large white handkerchief. Lazarus, who had been dead for four days, was buried in this manner, in...
The message Sunday was about Jesus healing a lame man at the pool. This man had been lame for 38 years. We aren’t told how he became lame or how old he was when he became lame. Perhaps he had been born that way, or maybe it was the result of an accident. There were...
