

THE NOBLEMAN
In the Gospel According to John, we never read the word “miracle,” but rather, the author used the word “sign” to refer to Jesus’...


MARY OF MAGDALA
As Jesus burst victoriously from the grave, He might have revealed Himself first to a powerful world-leader like Caesar… or to a renown...


THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND
Have you ever walked through a wheat field when the grain was golden and ripe? Pluck a head from a tall stalk, rub it between your hands,...


JAIRUS
God’s unfathomable, unlimited, unparalleled creative and restorative powers are on full display in Mark’s fifth chapter where three...


JOHN
John and his brother James, the sons of Zebedee, were commercial fishermen on the Sea of Galilee before they became disciples of Jesus....


BARTIMAEUS
The “Syrophoenician woman” (Mark 7:26), a Canaanite, “kept crying out, ‘Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely...


HANNAH
Once upon a time… long, long ago… in a faraway land… in a culture much different than our own… lived a lady named Hannah. Hannah! Her...


PETER’S MOTHER-IN-LAW
You’ve heard plenty of mother-in-law jokes…. but this is no joke. Mine was the best. Fannie B. Carpenter was a loving mother and...


THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS
Thirty-eight years… Searching the text of Holy Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation, I find reference to the number thirty-eight only...


NABAL, ABIGAIL, & DAVID
During the tumultuous reign of king Saul, David was forced to flee and live a nomadic existence in the wilderness. For a season, David...









