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Stories published in February 2025.
**The Letter to the Church in Ephesus** In the days when the apostle John was exiled on the island of Patmos, he received a vision from the Lord Jesus Christ. One Lord’s Day, as John was in the Spirit, he heard a voice like a trumpet...
Paul does not open Philippians 2 with a greeting. He opens with a demand. If the Philippians have any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection or sympathy—then they must complete his...
**The Anointing at Bethany and the Triumphal Entry** Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the village where Lazarus lived, the man He had raised from the dead. The air was thick with anticipation, for the news of Lazarus’...
**The Confession at Caesarea Philippi** The sun hung low in the sky, casting a golden hue over the rugged hills of Caesarea Philippi. The air was crisp, carrying with it the faint scent of pine and the distant murmur of the Jordan River as...
**The Vision of the Measuring Line: A Story of Hope and Restoration** In the days when the people of Judah had returned from their exile in Babylon, the land was still in ruins. Jerusalem, once a city of grandeur and glory, lay desolate,...
**The Prophecy Against Moab: A Tale of Judgment and Justice** In the days when the kingdoms of Israel and Judah were divided, and the people of God had strayed far from His commandments, the Lord raised up a prophet named Amos. He was a...
**The River of Life: A Vision of Restoration** In the thirty-seventh year of the exile, when the hand of the Lord was upon Ezekiel, the prophet was brought by the Spirit of the Lord to the entrance of the temple in Jerusalem. The temple...
**The Parable of the Useless Vine** In the days when the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel, the prophet of the exile, he was dwelling among the captives by the rivers of Babylon. The people of Israel, once proud and mighty, were now broken...
The chapter opens not with a vision or a sermon but with a physical fact: Jeremiah is still in chains, bound among the captives at Ramah. The Babylonians had taken him with the rest, but Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, singled him...
Nebuzaradan, the captain of the Babylonian guard, found Jeremiah bound in chains at Ramah among the captives of Jerusalem and Judah. He did not kill him. He loosed the chains and spoke plainly: the Lord your God pronounced this evil upon...
**The Servant of the Lord: A Story of Hope and Redemption** In the days when the kingdoms of men rose and fell like the tides of the sea, when the hearts of the people were heavy with despair and their eyes dimmed by the shadows of...
**The Fall of the Arrogant Axe: A Story of Judgment and Hope** In the days when the kingdom of Judah was trembling under the weight of its own sin, the Lord spoke through the prophet Isaiah, declaring His judgment against the prideful and...
**The Song of the Shepherd: A Story Inspired by Psalm 147** In the ancient city of Jerusalem, nestled high upon the hills of Judah, the people of Israel gathered in the shadow of the great Temple. The city bustled with life, but there was...
**The Story of the Silent Idols and the Living God** In the days of old, when the tribes of Israel gathered in the shadow of Mount Zion, there was a great stirring among the people. The nations surrounding them mocked and taunted, saying,...
**The Gathering Storm: A Story Inspired by Psalm 83** In the days when the kingdoms of men rose and fell like the tides of the sea, there was a time of great turmoil for the people of Israel. The nations surrounding them, envious of the...
**The Story of David’s Repentance: A Psalm of Brokenness and Restoration** The sun hung low over Jerusalem, casting long shadows across the city’s stone walls. Inside the palace, King David sat alone in his chamber, his heart heavy...
**The Heavens Declare the Glory of God** In the ancient land of Israel, where the hills rolled like waves and the Jordan River carved its path through the wilderness, there lived a shepherd named Eliab. He was a man of simple means, but...
Job takes up his parable again, but the sound is not one of argument or accusation. It is a lament for a vanished world. He does not curse his birth or demand an audience with the Lord. Instead, he speaks of months gone by, of the days...
The second day of Esther’s banquet arrived, and the king and Haman came again to drink wine with the queen. King Ahasuerus repeated his offer: whatever Esther petitioned, even half the kingdom, would be performed. The queen had waited...
In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah of Judah, a young man of twenty-six, felt a stirring in his spirit. The Lord had placed a burden upon his heart to cleanse the land of Judah and Jerusalem from the idolatry and wickedness...
Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that Solomon had been anointed king in place of his father. Hiram had always been a friend of David, and that friendship now extended to the son. The opening of 1 Kings 5 shows...
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Judah, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then Jehoiakim turned and rebelled. That rebellion set the machinery of judgment in motion, and the Lord sent bands of Chaldeans,...
The chapter opens with a sick child. Abijah, son of Jeroboam, lies ill, and the king who built golden calves and appointed his own priests does not turn to his own altars. He sends his wife to Shiloh, to the old prophet Ahijah who had once...
**The Triumph and Tragedy of the Ark’s Return** The sun rose over the hills of Judah, casting golden rays across the land. King David, now firmly established as the ruler of all Israel, stirred in his palace in Jerusalem. His heart...