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The Healing Faith of Blind Bartimaeus – Mark 10:46-52

Mark 10:46-52 tells us about the healing faith of a blind man, named Bartimaeus.  My last post demonstrated the need to be specific when you pray, based on a parallel passage in Matthew 20:30-34.  Matthew spoke of two blind men who cried out for mercy, and Jesus asking them what they wanted before He healed […]

Noah’s Sons – Was Shem the Oldest?

What was the birth order of Noah’s three sons? Perhaps you are like me. For years I assumed that Shem was Noah’s oldest son because he is listed first in Genesis 5:32; 6:10; 7:13 and 1 Chronicles 1:4. There are reasons, however, to believe that Shem may not have been Noah’s first son. While many […]

To Trump or Never Trump

To Trump or Never Trump Division in the Body of Christ To Trump or Not to Trump, that is the question many good conservative Christians are asking themselves today. Whether ‘tis nobler in the eyes of God to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune brought on by a violently anti-Christian Clinton administration, or […]

Who Was Zeruiah?

Today’s Bible study is intended to answer a simple question you may have had while reading the Word of God.  This question went unanswered in my life for many years until I stumbled over the answer in my daily Bible reading.  The question is: “Who is Zeruiah?” Zeruiah is named 26 times in 25 verses […]

THE FALL – Why Adam Sinned

Have you ever wondered why Adam sinned? Adam was created good, had perfect health, lived in a perfect environment, and had direct personal fellowship with God.  God had given him a perfect wife to share his life and the authority to rule over nature.  He had everything he could possibly need.  So why did he […]

Daniel Gave Thanks – What Would You Do?

The Last Prayer of Jacob

Jacob’s Last Prayer Genesis 32:9-12 After 20-years, Jacob was heading home to the land God promised his grandfather Abraham.  Jacob was obeying God’s command to return home, so he was in the will of God.  But he was scared. He had just been confronted by his father-in-law Laban, and the men with him.  God had […]