MARY A Woman of Priorities Could you do it? Could you make it through an entire week without watching television? Could you make it through a week without using your phone? How about a whole week without touching a computer, texting or tweeting, or for that matter, a week without […]

MALCHUS The Man Who Lent an Ear An older man had serious hearing problems for many years. He went to a doctor and was fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed him to hear 100%. The old man went back in a month to the doctor and was […]

LYDIA A Woman of Means One of the warnings Jesus taught us was that “it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 19:23).  That is because the love of money can easily crowd out our faith, robbing us of the confidence we have in […]

LOT The Man Who Wagered His Family What’s your lot in life? Did you ever wonder where that cliché came from? We may not be certain where it started, but it does fit rather well when we consider a certain self-centered Bible character whose lot in life included destroying his […]

LEAH Blind Beauty Studies seem to suggest that beautiful people have an easier time in life than the rest of the world. Those regarded by society as physically attractive are often the ones to be called on in class and to get better service in restaurants. Even political elections have […]

LAMECH The Man with No Respect for Life We live in a crazy, mixed-up world. While battles are fought on the Senate floor to control the sale of guns in hopes of saving “just one life,” plans are drawn up to provide government money for abortions by the millions. While […]

JOSIAH The Man Who Was a Real Hero It=s difficult finding real heroes today! Years ago there seemed to be more to choose from. There were actors like John Wayne and Roy Rogers. There were sports heroes like Bart Starr and hammerin’ Hank Aaron. There were politicians like Lincoln and […]

JOSHUA Slave, Spy, Soldier, Servant, Statesman, Saint Seldom do we find someone in history with as many characteristics of a true believer, leader, and family man as we do in the one man Joshua (“God saves”). Here was a man for all seasons, a man we would do well to […]

JOSHEB-BASSHEBETH, ELEAZAR, SHAMMAH The Three “All for one, and one for all.” Perhaps some of the most famous words ever written, that battle cry was heard again and again in Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers. Better known as Athos, Porthos, and Aramis (D’Artagnan was not one of the three—just a […]

JOSEPH The Man Who Knew How to Forgive Johnny’s mother raced into the bedroom when she heard him scream and found his toddler sister yanking hard on his hair. She carefully unraveled the little girl’s grasp and said to Johnny, “It’s okay, sweetheart. She didn’t really mean it. She doesn’t […]