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Lori Stanley Roeleveld Contributing Writer 2021 24 May
Jonah and the whale is one of the first stories we read to children or teach them in church school.
Take a walk through any Christian bookstore or peruse one online, and you’ll see a plethora of books, crafts, and toys all along the theme of Jonah and his great adventure in the belly of a large fish. As children, it captures our imagination. Parents and church-school teachers often use the story to illustrate the risk of running from God as well as God’s willingness to forgive and let us begin again. It’s a wonderful story to illustrate or to act out and makes a rich vacation Bible school theme. Our pastor once thrilled the youngsters in our congregation while preaching on Jonah by emphasizing that the fish vomited Jonah back onto the shore. He had their giggles and their attention.
5 May
“He must become greater; I must become less” is a powerful and compelling declaration made by John the Baptist, quoted in John 3:30 NIV, but what did he mean and what does it mean for us?
Many of us who are passionate for the Lord are drawn to strong statements like this. Similarly, dramatic declarations were made by Job in Job 13:15a NIV, “Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him.” And by Esther recorded in Esther 4:16 NIV,
“Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”
Lori Stanley Roeleveld Contributing Writer 2021 16 Apr
The 10 plagues of Egypt make for engaging church school stories and dramatic film depictions as Moses leads the Israelites to freedom. We memorize the plagues as if one day there will be a quiz (keep reading, there just might be!). And they are remembered whenever followers of God celebrate the Passover. But are the plagues of Egypt more relevant than we might initially consider? Might they also foreshadow coming events and even deliver a message about the danger and audacity of idolatry?
What Are the 10 Plagues of Egypt?
In the time of Joseph at the end of the book of Genesis, the Israelites had found provision amid famine in Egypt. Joseph, one of the 12 sons of Jacob, had risen to second in authority in the land. He forgave the brothers who sold him into slavery and asked them to relocate their father and all their people to Egypt so he co
Bible Study Lori Stanley Roeleveld Contributing Writer 2021 14 Apr
Locusts appear in the Bible, usually when God is disciplining His people or issuing a judgment. While they are also mentioned as food and we know the prophet, John the Baptist was known to have subsisted in the wilderness on locusts and wild honey, most mentions of locusts in the Bible are during times of God’s wrath poured out either as discipline for His people or as a means of demonstrating His power so as to move those who defy Him to repentance.
What Are Locusts and Where Do We See Them in Scripture?