In Revelation 2:7, we read this: “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” Throughout the Bible, there are many men and women who overcame a variety of different challenges. And Christians have continued to overcome. We briefly profile four overcomers: World War II German concentration camp survivor, Corrie Ten Boom, Former New York City gang leader, Nicky Cruz, missionary, Amy Wilson Carmichael, and surfer, Bethany Hamilton.
This week we begin Week 4 of a series on the four different kinds of love in the Bible. We turn to agape love....
Peter describes Christians as “a peculiar people” in 1 Peter 2:9. The apostle Paul also talks about Christians being peculiar. He does so in...
In Isaiah 41:8, God speaks to Israel, calling them “descendants of Abraham my friend.” Abraham’s friendship with God is also mentioned by King Jehoshaphat,...