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A Prayer that Moves God The spiritual discipline of fasting receives relatively little attention in American churches today. Many Christians are unaware of the purpose or practice of fasting. We often read in Scripture about people who used fasting as part of their spiritual devotion in times of great challenges (see Ezra 8:21; Esther 4:16;...

Without a Mentor Aesop’s famous fable “The Tortoise and the Hare” reminds us that someone who starts well in a race is not guaranteed to finish first. The quickness and arrogance of the much faster hare are no match for the slow steadfastness of the tortoise. Unfortunately, the reign of Joash more closely resembles the hare than the tortoise.

Recovering the Law Amy Carmichael became a Christian at age 15. A few years later, she began a Sunday school for girls who worked in the mills of Belfast; it soon grew so large that a new hall was built that seated 500 people. She became best known for her missionary work in India, especially her efforts to rescue girls from temple prostitution.

Passing Over Death In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, Israel recovered the Law of the Lord and reestablished biblical authority throughout the kingdom. They reinstituted the Passover in such a way that it surpassed any Passover celebration in hundreds of years (v. 18). Four times the writer refers to the authority behind the Passover...

A True King King T’Challa was the rightful king of the fictional nation of Wakanda. But a usurper, Killmonger, appeared to kill the good king and rule the land with vengeance, hatred, and a thirst for world dominance. The people of Wakanda were resigned to their bitter fate, but King T’Challa—the Black Panther—was not in fact dead and returned...

Since God is spirit (John 4:24), and in His essential being does not have a physical body, in what sense do people bear the image of God? Question 2 God created humanity in His image, according to His likeness, bestowing on humanity immense dignity, worth, and value (Gen. 1:26–27; Psalm 8). The specifics of what constitutes the image are...

Since fallen people still bear the image of God, does this have some practical implications for us as Christians? Question 5 All people have worth before the Lord. We must reject racial supremacy, ethno-centrism, and sexism, and stop assessing people based on skin color, level of education, or class distinctions. We must endeavor to see...

If humanity has fallen and the image of God is marred, how do we know what God is doing in the lives of His people today? Question 6 God’s purpose is to conform us to the icon or “image” of His Son (Rom. 8:29). Through the act of justification (Rom. 5:1–2; 2 Cor. 5:21), and in the process of sanctification (Rom. 12:1–2), God is conforming...

The Giver of Good Gifts Peter and Mary Frey are both graduates from Moody Bible Institute whose video blog, The Frey Life, chronicles the ordinary events of their lives, whether checking into the hospital or running errands with their service dog. Mary, who has endured a lifelong struggle with cystic fibrosis, daily chooses joy. No matter...

God Is Our Faithful Provider If you’ve ever seen the sun rise over the ocean, you know it is breathtaking. Over the darkness of the horizon, you see a tiny pinpoint of light. Then, steadily and surely, the light rises, and the point becomes a circle. The entire sky is transformed by this fireball of light. People often burst into spontaneous...