Scripture recounts how, upon seeing his Hebrew brethren mistreated, Moses struck an Egyptian taskmaster and killed him. In the book of Acts, Stephen retold the story and made this statement: “For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.” (Acts 7:25) Before […]
Tradition has it that on this day Jacob, having erected the monument at Gilead that constituted a covenant between him and Lavan, departed for Canaan. According to the Bible, as he did, he met a group of angels. It’s recorded in Genesis 32: So Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met […]
Do you know someone who has the need to be the center of attention? Someone who always has to be in the spotlight? Someone who, in their mind anyway, seems to know just a bit more than you do? Most likely, we all know people like that but what is it that makes them crave […]
It was on this day in the 1st century that Jewish forces captured the Antonio Fortress in Jerusalem and, consequently, initiated the Jewish revolt against Rome. This revolt would eventually lead to the destruction of Jerusalem, the Temple and the scattering of the Jewish people. Had those who started this revolt been able to predict […]
In the previous devotion we spoke of how the world wants change while the Creator calls for mankind to return to Him. Through the Scripture we understand that, repentance – to return – is the first step that leads to restoration. And as we shared previously, God is restoring all things, as opposed to changing […]
For as long as I can remember, the word “Change” has dominated the political and social landscape and, most certainly, every election cycle. People want politicians to change, and the politicians say they want politics to change. In some way, everyone wants our society to change to more closely conform to their worldview and almost […]
John Wesley, founder of the Methodist denomination, once wrote in his diary: “Let none think his labor is lost because the fruit does not immediately appear.” It’s human nature to be impatient, whether as a parent, in your job or in the ministry. We want things to mature and bear fruit quickly so that we […]
Believe it or not, Christians are facing situations, debates and a cultural environment that is very similar to what believers of the 1st century faced. In many ways we are reliving the 1st century. If that’s so, what can we learn from those 1st century believers? One thing about them that stands out, and which […]
It was on this day in the year 70 that Titus put battering rams in position to assault the walls and gates of Jerusalem. This tactic was employed in order to create a weak spot in the fortifications of the besieged city. Day after day, sometimes for weeks, these heavy battering rams would strike at […]
It was on this day in 1940 that the extermination camp known as Auschwitz was opened. In the course of its existence, two and a half million people would be killed there. Another 500,000 would die of starvation and disease. That totals about three million people. Think of it this way: estimates are that, when […]
According to tradition, it was on this day that Moses received the first tablets of the law, written by the fiery finger of God, as in the book of Exodus: “And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, […]
Today is the day we celebrate the festival known, in Hebrew, as Shavuot, or the Feast of Weeks. Most people in the western world refer to it as Pentecost because, in Greek, it is known as Pentecostus or “fiftieth” referring to the fiftieth day since we started counting the omer. Tradition believes that, on this […]
