I first read the Hiding Place to create curriculum for a High School Bible class I was teaching in the Fall of 2025. I later gave the assignment to the forty or so students that I was teaching every weekday and they understandably loved the book also. Corrie Ten Boom’s modesty about the Holocaust was…

The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. (Prov. 18:18) The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. (Prov. 16:33) The Old Testament speaks frequently of the casting of lots, but what does it mean?  The Hebrew word for “lot” is גּוֹרָל (pronounced go-rawl’)…

One of the things I enjoy as a pastor is reading secular books while looking for unintended spiritual nuggets dropped by the author. Your Next Five Moves is a book for business entrepreneurs who intend to excel in their field. It is well-written and easy to read. If business is a chess-match, your next five…

Some years ago, I was expected to get several units of college credit to complete my doctoral program and counseling was part of the curriculum.  I was unfamiliar with the course textbook and relatively new to the world of counseling.  Little did I know how quickly I would come to rely on Jay Adams’ textbook…

Operating Among Wolves Behold, I send you forth as sheep In the midst of wolves . . . (Matthew 10:16a) As New Testament Christians, we have a front row seat to what the Lord is doing in the last days.  We have the advantage of seeing things in the last days that no one else…

Storms of Forgetfulness By Dr. Brad Bailey Our lives are often filled with unpleasant experiences.  Unpleasant experiences, however, are not storms.  We may also experience frequent problems.  Again, problems, no matter how frequent, are not necessarily what could be classified as a storm.  We could continue the list, but I think you get the picture. …

Emperor sins were once a mystery to me.  I was introduced to the term several years ago and I was puzzled and intrigued by the concept. I have never written on the subject and I have never seen another writer address the concept.  The subject is like a battery, it has a positive post and…

Deuteronomy 28 No one has a disapproval or aversion to blessings, they are wanted and welcomed by all.  I certainly want whatever God has for me in His heavenly storehouse.  Yet, not many of us understand that blessings have distinctions and qualities that separate them from each other.  One of the best ways to determine…

Involuntary manslaughter is a term that is not used in the Bible and manslaughter is different than murder.  Manslaughter is defined as the unlawful killing of a human being without malicious forethought.  Manslaughter is also understood as the unlawful killing of another human being that occurs when a person kills another, but without intent or…