Introduction If you grew up going to Sunday school, you probably remember a colorful chart on the classroom wall: twelve names, twelve little banners, maybe a map with the land cut into strips. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah… most of us could rattle off a few before getting stuck somewhere around Issachar. The 12 tribes of
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Who Was King Solomon? Every so often the news tells the same sad story. Someone who seemed to have it all, with real talent, a sharp mind, money, and a spotless reputation, slowly comes apart. Nobody can point to one bad day. It happened a little at a time, and by the time anyone noticed,
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You’ve probably met someone like this. A guy at church who never misses a Sunday, coaches Little League, helps every neighbor move. Then in one awful year he gets laid off, his teenage son is in a car wreck, and the doctor calls him back about a scan. People bring casseroles. Somebody at the potluck
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What Happens When Someone Dies? An elderly man lies in a hospital bed. His family is gathered around, holding his hands, saying things they should have said years ago. The monitor’s steady beep goes quiet. A doctor checks for a pulse, then looks up and shakes her head gently. The body is still right there
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When Do We Say Someone’s “Got a Demon”? A college kid comes home from a late-night horror marathon and swears the floor creaked by itself. A friend brings out a Ouija board at a sleepover, just for fun, and somebody always says, “don’t actually mess with that stuff.” A grandmother in a small Midwest town
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When life falls apart, is it the devil? The transmission dies the same week the biopsy results come back. Your teenager stops talking to you. The layoff email lands on a Friday afternoon. And somewhere in the back of your mind, a question shows up that a lot of churchgoing people ask but don’t always
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The food laws God gave Israel shaped their daily life for centuries. We covered what those laws actually said in the first article: What Foods Were Forbidden in the Bible? So what does the New Testament say about food? Let’s walk through what Jesus, Peter, the Jerusalem church, and Paul said, quoting the text in
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Did you know one entire chapter of the Bible is devoted to a food list? It’s Leviticus 11. Pork, rabbit, certain fish, vultures, locusts — why such a specific list, and what reason does God actually give? In this article we’ll walk through those rules in order, starting all the way back with Noah and
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“Do you really need this done? I barely have time for my own work.” We may never say it out loud. But when someone we know asks us for a favor, that is often the sentence running through our head first. We could probably do what they are asking. Or at least explain enough to
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Moses is one of the most important figures in the entire Bible. He was born into slavery under a death sentence, raised in the household of the very king who wanted him dead, and eventually became the man God used to confront that same king and lead an entire nation out of bondage. He spoke
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