Acts chapter two is an amazing story of how thousands were added to the New Testament church in just one day. In this chapter, Peter pleads with others that Jesus is the risen Messiah. The crowd responds asking what they should do (2:37). Peter tells them to repent of their...

John the Baptist was a risk-taker. He was sent to confront sin and baptize for repentance and point people to Jesus, the Lamb of God. He realized that whoever sought to save his life would lose it, but the one willing to lose his life would save it for eternity....

One lamb in this passage was enough for each household. In later passages, the blood of that lamb on a door post was enough for the death angel to pass over that house (Exodus 12:13-28). The meat of that lamb was enough to fill all the bellies in that household...

Perhaps it takes less faith to believe God will provide through the hand of man, the hand of God, or the work of our own hands than from the hands of our enemies. But consider how God provided His greatest gift, salvation itself, in the death of Jesus through the...

After 40 years of desert wandering, the Israelites were about to enter Canaan, the promised land. God proved His faithfulness to them again and again, but Moses knew as soon as they crossed the Jordan River, they would have numerous battles to fight, and He wanted to prepare them for...