It is possible that one of the original recipients of the book of Ruth read the entire thing without realizing why it was entirely significant until he or she arrived at the final word; the name “David.” The first generation of Ruth readers were Hebrews. They would have immediately been familiar with the concept of…
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The Jordan River is not too intimidating most of the year, but is truly awesome when it floods. It was one thing for a few spies from the Hebrew camp to get across to Jericho at the beginning of the events described in the book of Joshua. It would have been quite another to bring…
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For more than two millennia, the enemy has tried in vain to extinguish Christianity from the earth by slaughtering believers. God, in His sovereignty, has used what the enemy meant for evil to accomplish beautiful good. The blood of the martyrs cries up from the ground. They carry on the legacy of Stephen who, with…
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Too often, Christians are surprised that they suffer at all for their faith. First Peter has something to say about that. I love Peter’s tone in 1 Peter 4:12. “Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.” Peter, having suffered…
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Many were surprised that a pastor so young would be called to a mega-church. It goes without saying this would be no ordinary journey. David Platt, who grew up in Stone Mountain Georgia, served oversees and then in New Orleans Seminary, was mentored by Dr. Jim Shaddix. After Jim left the seminary to pastor, David…
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