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Stories published in February 2025.
**The Cleansing Fountain: A Story of Redemption and Renewal** In the days when the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, the people of Judah were returning from exile, their hearts heavy with the weight of their past sins and the...
**The Vision by the Tigris: Daniel's Encounter with the Heavenly Messenger** In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a revelation was given to Daniel, who was also called Belteshazzar. The message was true, but it concerned a great...
**The Fall of Tyre: A Prophecy of Judgment** In the days when the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel, the prophet of exile, the city of Tyre stood as a proud and mighty fortress by the sea. Tyre, a Phoenician city, was renowned for its...
**The Fall of Babylon: A Tale of Judgment and Redemption** In the days when the kingdoms of men rose and fell like the tides of the sea, the Lord God Almighty spoke through His prophet Jeremiah, declaring His judgment upon the mighty...
**The Fall of Babylon: A Prophecy of Judgment and Redemption** In the days when the kingdom of Judah lay in ruins, its people exiled and its cities desolate, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet. The Lord spoke of a mighty...
The Lord did not send Jeremiah to speak this word in the temple courtyard. He sent him first to a potter, then to the valley of Ben Hinnom, at the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. The prophet was told to buy an earthenware bottle and take...
**The Suffering Servant** In the days of old, when the prophets of Israel spoke with the voice of the Lord, there was a vision given to Isaiah, a man of God, concerning one who would come. This one would be unlike any other—a servant,...
The chapter opens with a burden, a heavy pronouncement, and it comes from a wilderness near the sea, sweeping in like a whirlwind from the south, out of a terrible land. The prophet does not describe a peaceful vision. He declares a...
Proverbs 8 opens with a public figure. Wisdom is not a secret whispered in a temple school. She stands on the high places by the road, where paths meet, beside the gates at the city entrance. She cries aloud to men and the sons of men. The...
The chapter opens with a promise that cuts straight through the wreckage of exile. The Lord declares that He will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be His people. This is not a vague hope but a specific claim on a...
**The Rock of Salvation: A Story Inspired by Psalm 62** In the ancient kingdom of Judah, during a time of great turmoil and uncertainty, there lived a man named Eliab. He was a shepherd by trade, a humble man who tended his flock in the...
In the land of Uz, there lived a man named Job, a man of great integrity and righteousness, who feared God and shunned evil. He was blessed with abundant wealth, a large family, and a reputation for wisdom and generosity. But in a series...
**The Story of Bildad’s Counsel to Job** In the land of Uz, where the winds carried whispers of both despair and hope, Job sat among the ashes, his body covered in painful sores, his spirit weighed down by grief. Once a man of great...
The princes came to Ezra with a report that cut through the work of restoration. The people of Israel, including the priests and the Levites, had not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands. They had adopted the abominations of...
**The Reign of Abijah: A Tale of Faith and Victory** In the days when the kingdom of Israel was divided, Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, ruled over Judah in the south, while Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, reigned over the northern tribes of...
The Philistines fought against Israel on Mount Gilboa, and the men of Israel fled before them. The slain fell on the mountain, and the Philistines pressed hard after Saul and his sons. Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchi-shua—all three of...
In the days when Jehoram, the son of Ahab, reigned over Israel, the land was fraught with turmoil and strife. Jehoram was not as wicked as his father Ahab or his mother Jezebel, for he had removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father...
Ahithophel spoke first, and his plan was surgical. Twelve thousand men, a night pursuit, a single targeted kill, and the whole kingdom would return to Absalom like a bride to her husband. The proposal pleased Absalom and all the elders of...
The Lord told Samuel to stop mourning Saul. The rejection was final, and a new king had already been provided among the sons of Jesse of Bethlehem. Samuel was to fill his horn with oil and go. Samuel hesitated. If Saul heard of it, he...
**The Commissioning of Joshua: A Story of Courage and Promise** The sun hung low over the plains of Moab, casting long shadows across the camp of Israel. The air was thick with the weight of grief and uncertainty. Moses, the great leader...
The tabernacle stood finished. Moses had anointed it, sanctified it, and done the same for the altar and all its vessels. That same day, the princes of Israel—the heads of their fathers' houses, the men who had been numbered in the...
The Lord spoke to Moses again, and this time the instructions moved beyond the general shape of offerings into the hard mechanics of guilt, restitution, and priestly duty. The chapter opens not with grain or incense but with a neighbor...
**The Plague of Locusts: A Story of Judgment and Mercy** The sun hung low over the land of Egypt, casting long shadows across the Nile River and the sprawling cities of Pharaoh’s kingdom. The air was heavy with tension, for the God of...
**Genesis 28: The Dream of Jacob at Bethel** The sun was setting over the land of Canaan, casting long shadows across the rugged terrain. Jacob, the son of Isaac and Rebekah, walked alone, his heart heavy with the weight of his recent...