Abel-beth-maacah—How to Deal with a Problem Person

At first, its name looks like a misprint. Abel-beth-maacah. (Try saying that 10 times fast.) Located in the north of

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Abel-beth-maacah—How to Deal with a Problem Person

Who is Guarding Your Great Wall?

I recently went to China. What a vast and beautiful country—and so much potential for ministry. While there, several of

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Who is Guarding Your Great Wall?

Walk on the Wild Side—Biblical Wildlife Reserve & Red Canyon

How many animals in the Bible can you name? After camels, donkeys, sheep, and goats the mind kind of goes

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Walk on the Wild Side—Biblical Wildlife Reserve & Red Canyon

How to Quit a Life of Compromise

If you think about it, King Solomon never started out to build pagan shrines. It was his failure to deal

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How to Quit a Life of Compromise

What Do You Think of When You Hear a Rooster?

One morning when I was in Jerusalem, I chose to have my devotions on the Mount of Olives at sunrise.

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What Do You Think of When You Hear a Rooster?

Nahal Zin and Avdat—A Biblical Border with a View

Moses and the Hebrew nation, traveling in the wilderness of Zin, would have stood speechless as they reached the precipice

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Nahal Zin and Avdat—A Biblical Border with a View

7 Questions I Answered on FaithVillage

This year, FaithVillage is highlighting 52 contributors in a weekly post called the FaithVillage Contributor Spotlight. I had the privilege

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7 Questions I Answered on FaithVillage

Don’t Like Sweet Potatoes? Don’t Plant Them

Through the years I’ve noticed something when my wife plants sweet potatoes in our garden. Amazingly, corn doesn’t grow. Sweet

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Don’t Like Sweet Potatoes? Don’t Plant Them

Self-Control—It’s More than Sexual

Too often, self-control kicks in only as a matter of pride. We apply the brakes by asking questions like: Will

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Self-Control—It’s More than Sexual

Cana—Turning Water into Wine in God’s Time

The event in Cana of Jesus’ first miracle of turning water into wine also occasioned the first gentle shove He

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Cana—Turning Water into Wine in God’s Time

Why You’ll Never Get Satisfaction from Fried Pies

My grandmother used to bake mouthwatering, fried apricot pies. Just thinking about it gets the juices squirting in my mouth!

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Why You’ll Never Get Satisfaction from Fried Pies

3 Sea Sites to See Along Israel’s Mediterranean Coast

All tours to Israel have to prioritize the sites they see. However, after the “big rocks” get put in the

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3 Sea Sites to See Along Israel’s Mediterranean Coast