Back in Biblical times, a person's genealogy was rather important. Reasons for this varied from simple identification to the roles people were expected to take in their lives, and so people kept very detailed and through records to keep track of their family history ( Read more... )

One of the things people generally find rather boring in the Bible is the lists upon lists of genealogies. But there's actually some points about the bloodlines that is worth noting. The first point I'd like to mention is that several bloodlines ended up breaking into family feuds; one family causing endless amounts of trouble for the other ( Read more... )

It's been nearly a year since I last posted to my own journal. Most of this has been because I didn't really seem to be finding much to write down from my daily Bible studies ( Read more... )

Young people who take care of their minds and bodies, avoid the destructive sins of the flesh, and build good habits of health and holiness, have a better chance for happy adult years than those who "sow their wild oats" and pray for crop failure.

-- Wiersbe

It may not look like it, but the world is caught in a war between two spiritual forces: those following God, and those following the Devil. This isn't something we can ever afford to forget ( Read more... )

In Proverbs, Wisdom reached out to people three times. The wise heeded the call immediately, but three other groups did not. Here's an overview of these three types of people -- and how Wisdom responded to them.

The SimpleThese are the people that are gullible and naive; they themselves don't do any critical thinking and let others think for them ( Read more... )

A wise man has the following qualities:

• They have saving faith in Christ
• They listen to wise instruction
• They fear the Lord
• They associate with other wise people
• They remember what they've learned and use it

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Psalm 129 describes a suffering believer as land being plowed. There's a good message here: the image of a plowed field provides an analogy about dealing with suffering ( Read more... )

The Bible is not a magic book that conveys divine life to anyone who picks it up and reads it. God's living Word communicates His life and power to those who read it, meditate on it, and obey it because they love God and His Word.

-- Warren Wiersbe

(Emphasis mine)