In 2 Samuel 9, we read of Mephibosheth. When Saul and Jonathan died in battle, Jonathan’s son, Mephibosheth, was five years old. When news of his father’s death reached them, his nurse took him and fled. The reason for their escape was because of how the transition of power worked at the time. When a
In my hometown, there is a railway bridge that has been in operation since 1909. It’s the world’s longest and highest steel trestle bridge, spanning the Oldman River. Every day, and sometimes multiple times a day, trains cross this bridge to travel east or west across the Canadian landscape. Most of the time, the bridge
In 1 Samuel 17, two verses show David’s responsibility for what was entrusted to his care. By this point, God had already anointed David as the next king through Samuel, though David was still a young boy, and Saul was still the king. Chapter 17 tells of the famous encounter with Goliath. As Israel prepared
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God worked in me as I wrote this post. I started writing about good and evil, about how we, as Christians, should be able to tell the two apart. How we should discern a good person from a bad one. But as I worked through my thoughts, God stopped me. Measured against His Standard, none
As an engineer, I was fortunate to work in countries all over the world. My family and I moved for my career more than once. I worked in Namibia, South Africa, Ireland, Australia, and Canada. I designed projects for the United States, China, Malaysia, and Brazil. By the time I left the profession, I had
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I hadn’t seen my family in over a decade. Then God moved. I started praying, and before I knew it, a door opened I hadn’t even gone looking for. Sooner than I expected. Sooner than I’d planned for. Immigration took forever that day. I stood in line, so close, my brother waiting somewhere past those
I’ve been a Christian for a while now. I’ve read the Bible front to back more than once, and I know it reasonably well. This morning, as I was studying Joshua 20, I discovered something I had never noticed. God had Joshua establish six cities of refuge for people who had nowhere else to run.
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Jeremiah 23 warns shepherds who destroy God’s flock through false teaching. When leaders claim divine authority while supporting wickedness, God declares: I am against you.
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Jude and Jeremiah warned about those who pervert God’s grace for political power. Christian nationalism weaponizes faith while ignoring Christ’s teachings. A call to discernment.
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Like steel under stress, we all have breaking points. Job 23 shows us what faith looks like when life exceeds our capacity and God’s purposes remain hidden.