Deuteronomy 12:2, 5 prohibited worship at the high places because they were associated with Canaanite idolatry (see also 11:7; 2 Kgs. 16:4). The high places were scattered throughout the land, fairly elaborate in design and construction, and used for worship...

Jesus was once accused of casting out demons by the power of Satan himself. Jesus countered such an inconsistency with His famous words, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls" (Luke 11:17)....

One of the sobering thoughts about the Christian life is that God cares more about how we live than about what we accomplish in our lives. His purpose is to build Christians, not cathedrals. His focus is on people, not programs. And for this...

The tornado-like wind that Elijah experienced blew with such force and violence that it must have ripped rocks from their natural ledges and tossed them to the valley floor as if they were mere seeds being blown in the wind. God was not in this awesome...

Jezreel is the place in Israel where: Gideon fought the great battle with the 300 mighty men against the Midianites (Judges 7); Saul visited the witch of Endor (1 Samuel 28); Saul and his son Jonathan died because of Saul's wickedness (1 Samuel 31); King Josiah, one of...