Living in a country like ours makes it difficult to picture being overtaken by a foreign military power. Can you imagine what it would be like to have an enemy army waiting at the border, ready to remove you from […]

Have you ever visited an ancient castle or the ruins of a mighty fortress? Usually such a visit will leave at least two impressions. First, it is impossible to miss the immensity of the structure and its building materials.  How […]

  What is the strongest thing that you can think of? For David, the picture of perfect strength was an indestructible shield. The Lord was his source of strength, trust, and even exultation. David knew that he could withstand anything […]

Imagine being caught in the middle of a really bad storm. What do you think would be the scariest thing about it? While it would be easy to point to individual things like dangerous winds, loud thunder, or being struck […]

When someone asks who you are what do you say? Do you say your name? Your age? Where you are from? How you spend your time? Do you name your interests? If you had to make a list of the […]

Some things can be fun to share, but other things we would rather keep for ourselves. Can you think of anything that you really don’t like sharing? In this verse, Paul explains that his readers were so dear to him […]