Read: Psalm 4:8 | Pastor H.B. Charles tells the story about a woman he knew who showed up at church and prayed the same simple prayer week after week. Her simple prayer was, “O Lord, thank you Jesus!” The kids at church would start laughing every time she opened her mouth, because they knew […]

Read: Psalm 3:2-3 | Selah! “Amen” and “Hallelujah” are instantly recognizable regardless of your native tongue. I suggest that the word “Selah” could and should be in their company. “Selah” appears in the Bible 74 times exceeding the 24 times that word “Hallelujah” appears. Obviously, simply counting appearances of a word in the Bible by […]

  Read: Psalm 1:1-2 | “Nothing is more irrational than irreligion” – John Trapp An example of an opponent of Christianity (irreligion) was the Roman Emperor Diocletian (245-313 A.D.). He was such a determined enemy of religion that he persecuted the church mercilessly. In fact, after a few years, the Emperor believed that he had […]

Read: Psalm 1:1-2 | Blessed! In the beginning of the first book of Psalms, in the very first sentence, with the initial word, David lauds blessedness. He explains that believers who avoid the counsel of the wicked and delight themselves in the law of the Lord receive multiple blessings. Psalm 1 employs a form of […]

Read: Psalm 1:1-2 | 1-2-3-4- 5 Is there any significance to the number 5 in the Bible? Biblical numerology, according to some Biblical scholars, refers to the symbolic meaning of numerical values in the Bible. While not everyone agrees with assigning spiritual significance to numbers that appear repeatedly throughout the Bible, it is interesting to […]