In 1 Samuel 2, Hannah offers a heartfelt prayer of praise while rejoicing in God's salvation, justice, and power over…
In Judges 18, the Danite tribe was looking for land to settle in and sent five men to scout the…
Judges 4 recounts how Israel once again turned from the Lord after Ehud’s death. In response, God allowed King Jabin…
Judges 3 describes how the Lord left certain nations in Canaan to test Israel. These foreign nations would help determine…
Judges 2 emphasizes Israel's cycle of sin, disobedience, and God's grace. Despite reminders of the covenant, they abandoned the Lord,…
In Judges 1, we pick up on the journey after Joshua's death. Verse 1 states that the Israelites sought guidance…
Joshua 11 - Let's set the backdrop. Joshua has just led Israel in defeating the cities in the south. News…
Joshua 7 - Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings…
Joshua 5 - There was a series of events that the Lord required of Joshua prior to conquering Jericho. Joshua…
Joshua 1 - The Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years due to a lack of faith and a…
Ezekiel 20 - For a good part of my adult life, I chased after the hopes and dreams of man.…
Ezekiel 18 - Turn away from your sins and live. In this chapter, a foundational Christian belief is described in…
Ezekiel 7 - The Babylonians invaded Judah twice but the people could not comprehend the severity of the destruction. It's…
Acts 7 - I can vividly remember the old seat belt PSA that was shown on TV all the time…
Lamentations 2 - In the second chapter of Lamentations, God expresses His hatred for sin. It's important for us to…
Leviticus 26 - First off, this is a crazy awesome chapter that raises many significant questions. In the most direct…
Leviticus 25 - After 7 cycles of the sabbatical years came the 50th, or, Year of Jubilee. It was a…
Leviticus 10 - By the end of Leviticus 9, everything seems to be going great... until we turn the page…
Revelation 18 - Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is…
Revelation 9 - The 5th Trumpet The 5th trumpet releases a key to open the abyss. Many scholars believe this…
Jeremiah 46 - Just as God promised, He outlines some of the details that will take place as Babylon prepares…
Jeremiah 43 - What we see here in chapter 43 is just the usual for Jeremiah. Once again, after all…
Jeremiah 21 - It has finally happened. Babylon is bearing down on Judah and God is allowing it to happen.…
Jeremiah 15 - The insecurities of Jeremiah are starting to show. He's really stuck between a rock and hard place.…
Jeremiah 12 - We have all been in a situation like this before. We cry out to God over something…
2 Chronicles 27 - The people continued in rebellion under Jotham. Although he was a faithful king, he did have…
1 Chronicles 10 - The Philistines Who were the Philistines? They were sea-faring people who immigrated from the island of…
1 Chronicles 8 - Within the tribe of Benjamin, we are reminded of Israel's first king. He was the best…
Isaiah 59 - In a beautiful example of what it is like for the Lord to work in a person's…
Isaiah 40 - The theme of chapters 7-39 focuses directly on the punishment of God. It's easy to read this…
Isaiah 36 - The goal of the enemy is to render us hopeless in the face of our circumstances. The…
Isaiah 30 - The people resisted God's counsel, and instead, they received His judgement. It sounds harsh, but remember, we…
Isaiah 26 - Disease. Affliction. Poverty. The kingdom of man wrestles with the birth pains of this world. The city…
Isaiah 4 - Isaiah 4:2 describes the Branch of the Lord. The time is coming when the LORD will make…
Ephesians 6 - It all begins with Psalm 82:1. God presides in the heavenly council; in the assembly of the…
Exodus 10 - In verse 3, Moses asks Pharaoh how long he will go before humbling himself. This seems to…
1 John 5 - At the time of this writing, John was battling the incredible deception that had come against…
Ezra 6 - The people trusted God they were delivered from the threat to their temple. God knew exactly where…
Ezra 2 - Why was genealogy so important to the Jews? We see this many times in Scripture and often…
Matthew 25 - Leonard Kevin Bias was born on November 17, 1963, in Landover, Maryland. He was a tall, quiet…
Matthew 13 - Here in Matthew 13, there are so many great parables it is hard to just reflect on…
Proverbs 21 - A very intriguing verse in this chapter of Proverbs includes a reference back to the days of…
Proverbs 20 - This chapter really addresses a diverse range of topics. Excessive drinking, gossip, pride, and disobedience, just to…
2 Peter 2 - 2 Peter 2 opens by describing two different kinds of false people within the church. Maybe…
1 Samuel 28 - I've always had lots of questions about 1 Samuel 28. Was David actually going to fight…
1 Samuel 15 - Do what you want, and ask for forgiveness later. If God is full of love, and…
1 Samuel 14 - Those who are dialed into the Spirit are sensitive to the timing of the Lord. In…
1 Samuel 6 - 7 months. 7 months of terror, suffering, and death. The Philistines experienced the white-hot flame of…
2 Kings 18 - A major theme the past several chapters has begged the question - who will step up…
2 Kings 16 - This was a horrific compromise by Ahaz as he decided to trust the Assyrian army to…
1 Kings 20 - There are some incredible spiritual metaphors we can glean from these passages which build on the…
1 Kings 13 - As we read in 1 Kings 12, Jeroboam’s kingdom was in a terrible state and God…
1 Kings 2 - After the peaceful resolution in chapter 1, we are now back to the chaos of David's…
1 Kings 1 - The book of Kings picks up with an older David (70) still serving as king but…
Genesis 50 - It is always fascinating to me when we come across a chapter in the Bible that captivates…
Genesis 35 - Which is more dangerous, heading to Bethel or disobeying God? We often justify disobedience with fear. We…
Genesis 34 - There are so many issues here and they are glaring. What is clearly evident in this story…
Genesis 29 - Jacob is here in Genesis 29 doing "Jacob-like stuff." Like a smooth-talking used car salesman, he approaches…
Genesis 6 - What does the text mean when it says the "sons of God" saw the "daughters of men"…
Genesis 3 - Blatant evil is not our greatest threat as believers; it is deceptive evil wrapped in a package…
Genesis 2 - Sometimes we fall into the trap of believing that God's wrath is greater than His grace. In…
Malachi 1 - Malachi's ministry would have overlapped with Nehemiah. The temple had been rebuilt (v. 13), and there was…
Zechariah 8 - Oh my! There are few verses more worthy of our desperate pursuit than Zechariah 8:6. The verse…
Jonah 1 - Nineveh was both a great and wicked city. It was the capital of the Assyrian Empire and…
Obadiah 1 - Obadiah is unique in the sense that he one of the only minor prophets to address a…
Joel 1 - The book of Joel centers around The Day of the Lord. Here is a brief synopsis of…
Daniel 9 - All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for…
Daniel 6 - I am simply in awe when I read these passages about Daniel. It is inspiring to think…
2 Corinthians 10 - Most likely, Paul was dealing with a false teacher or many false teachers who had infiltrated…
Psalm 137 - How do we worship in a foreign land? Being completely cut off from their native land, and…
Psalm 126 - Dr. J. Vernon McGee writes... "The Psalms are full of Christ. There is a more complete picture…
Psalm 89 - In similar fashion to Psalm 88, the writer here boldly introduces some deep theological questions. He records…
Psalm 74 - He purchased. He redeemed. He dwelt. The invasion by their enemies has devastated the people of Israel…
Psalm 60 - Defeat is never easy. Never. But since Jesus took on sin and death and triumphed over it…
Psalm 40 - Gratefulness. Some days it seems to escape us. Our day starts off on the wrong foot and…
Psalm 21 - There is a theme of kingship within this psalm. It's likely it was originally composed for recital…
Psalm 14 - When the psalmist refers to the unbeliever as a fool, he isn't insulting his intelligence. It's a…
Psalm 1 - Regarded as the Psalm of Psalms, this opening chapter sets the table for the entire book. Psalms…
Deuteronomy 31 - “But was his momentary failure not far too severely punished?" Alexander MacLaren We tend to look at…
Deuteronomy 11 - Remember. Teach. Obey. This is the instruction given to those who were responsible for raising the next…
Deuteronomy 4 - "No other nation, no matter how great, has a god who is so near when they need…
Deuteronomy 1 - What should have taken 11 days took 40 years. If you have read the book of Numbers,…
Numbers 36 - Unfortunately, the evangelical church today has become a place where people feel they cannot seek truth through…
Numbers 35 - When we take a deeper look into the cities which were selected as places of refuge and…
Numbers 25 - The Bible was not written to convince us that we are good, but rather, to illustrate that…
Numbers 15 - Nestled in the middle of this chapter is a bizarre story for our modern society. A man…
Numbers 11 - Moses needed help, and God responded. The Lord commanded the gathering of 70 men from the elders…
Ezekiel 48 - Some view the final chapters of Ezekiel as a literal prophecy to be fulfilled during the end…
Ezekiel 43 - In chapters 8-11 of Ezekiel, we find the presence of the Lord leaving the temple. This was…
Ezekiel 40 - Ezekiel's ministry began with a vision of God. The last 9 chapters end with a vision for…
Ezekiel 24 - Ministry is hard. And I don't just mean formal ministry positions. I really mean following Jesus is…