A lot of believers see themselves as free from unwholesome talk because they do not cuss or use curse words. Unwholesome talk can be fleshly in terms of ungentle words expressing anger, meanness, or tearing people down. Unwholesome talk can also take religious forms, including prayer requests, well-intentioned (but poorly...

James 3:8 says that the tongue is an unstable, restless, unrestrainable evil, and that no man can tame it. This is quite a dilemma for us, because, as we can see, the tongue is very powerful. Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the ‘power’ of the tongue.” The...

To be given an entire book of God’s Word and not open it is reckless. If a few simple words from a sinner can cause so much destruction, as this passage explains, how much greater is just one sentence of the Bible? One thought of our Lord and Savior could...

Jochebed, Moses’ mother, faced an impossible situation. Pharaoh had ordered Hebrew boys to be thrown into the Nile, yet she chose to protect her child. She placed Moses in a basket among the reeds and trusted God with his life. God then used the courage and wisdom of Miriam, Moses’...

At the time of the writing of this chapter, Israel had been in Egypt for quite some time. However, the Pharaoh of Egypt was not familiar with Joseph nor the rest of his family because the size of Israel at the time was very large. He was actually afraid of...