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Through-the-Bible Thursday: HAGGAI (3.5 mins) — To understand the significance of Haggai's messages, it is necessary to recall the special circumstances of this remnant. Seventy years before their return, the prophet Jeremiah, who lived in the closing days of the...

To “carry coals to Newcastle” has been used since the 1500s to describe a useless endeavor, since Newcastle, England, was the largest exporter of coal in the British empire for centuries. But carrying five tons of coal in the dead of winter to the north shore of...

Are you the type to "bail out"? You might reply, "That depends. Bailing out of a plane or a boat?" Indeed! These are two different scenarios altogether! In one situation, we give up. In the other, we give it our all. The road of the believer isn't easy but this week's...

The wilderness wanderings were not the will of God. Those years were wasted through unbelief. Their destination was the grave, walking in circles until death claimed them. That’s certainly no way to live. On the other hand, the wilderness journey, a matter of a few...

Here's a true story about a man named Erieg who lived in Skagafjörður, Iceland (early 1900s). Just like the disciple Peter, Erieg was a fisherman-turned-fisher of men. But choosing to follow Christ is costly! His testimony began to bother the consciences of those...

Man had become obnoxious in the sight of God, polluting the land with his idolatry and violence, defiling the whole creation. There was nothing but for him to disappear under God’s judgment. Yet, in the midst of corruption, there has always been a remnant that fears...

What we eat doesn't only affect our health. It affects our breath! What is our spiritual breath like these days?

When our minds are confused and our hearts overwhelmed, the best thing to do is follow Habakkuk’s example: talk it over with the Lord. Habakkuk wasn’t sure what concerned him more—that God at first didn’t seem to be doing anything about the evil all around, or that He...

Lot thought he could influence Sodom by moving in and trying to work within the system. But pretty soon, Sodom had moved into his family. And when he did warn them of God’s judgment, they thought he was joking. Who had the real influence with Sodom? The pilgrim under...