I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life. 1 Samuel 1:11. Elkanah, a Levite of Mount Ephraim, was a man of wealth and influence, and one who loved and feared the Lord. His wife, Hannah,
Mighty Weakling
He shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. Judges 13:5. God’s promise that through Samson He would “begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines” was fulfilled; but how dark and terrible
No Hiding from God
Neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. Joshua 7:12. The sin of one man caused Israel to be beaten before the enemy. Something more than prayer was required. They were to
One Man’s Sin
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have. Hebrews 13:5, R.S.V. Achan had fostered covetousness and deception in his heart, until his perceptions of sin had become blunted, and he fell an easy
Sins That Scar
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Proverbs 6:23, 24.
A Crisis in Israel
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. Psalm 106:19, 20. In the absence of Moses, the judicial authority had been delegated to
A Slave Mother
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6. Jochebed was a woman and a slave. Her lot in life was humble, her burden heavy. But