But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (Matthew 6:6, NIV)
Copyright © 2008 Jon Straumfjord By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace. (Hebrews 11:30-31, NKJV) Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men [...]
Copyright © 2008 Jon Straumfjord Then the LORD … said [to Gideon], "Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?" So he said to Him, "O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, [...]
BAY MINETTE, Ala. — A Christian student told he could not perform a religious song at a high school talent show was permitted to perform it with another student Friday, after ADF attorneys representing the student sent a letter to Baldwin County Public Schools officials on his behalf. The student’s song won the talent show. [...]
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Copyright © 2008 Jon Straumfjord After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, … the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying: "Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, {D1} arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them [...]
Copyright © 2008 Jon Straumfjord By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. (Hebrews 11:27-28, NKJV) Moses had a revelation that he [...]
Copyright © 2008 Jon Straumfjord By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked [...]
WASHINGTON, April 10 /Christian Newswire/– On her television show Oprah Winfrey has been pushing a new book by Eckhart Tolle called A New Earth. In fact, Oprah has now taken up preaching as a new past time and has determined in her own mixed-up mind there are now millions of ways to get to heaven. This [...]
How much of your Bible lesson did your students miss because they were distracted? And how much of that distraction is really your fault, dear teacher? If you want to improve the quality and effectiveness of your teaching — so that you are teaching to change lives! — then stop being a distraction or creating [...]
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Copyright © 2008 Jon Straumfjord By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned. (Hebrews 11:29, NKJV) Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: "…; you shall camp … by the sea…. Then I will harden Pharaoh's heart, so that he will pursue [...]
Copyright © 2008 Jon Straumfjord Jabin king of Canaan…. The commander of his army was Sisera, … had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he had harshly oppressed the children of Israel. … Deborah, a prophetess, … sent and called for Barak …, and said to him, "… the LORD God of [...]