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What Do We Know About Bathsheba in the Bible?
The story of Bathsheba in the Bible is often eclipsed by the story of David. Bathsheba’s story has drawn, however, hers is a story of redemption. Let’s look at the story from Bathsheba’s view instead of David’s.
Danielle Bernock
Did David Rape Bathsheba?
Did David rape Bathsheba? The answer requires going deep into what the Bible tells us about society, women's agency, and power in this period of history.
Cathy Baker
Does God Care about the Little Things that Happen in Our Lives?
The short answer – “yes.” God absolutely cares about the little things in our lives since He’s numbered the hairs of our head (Luke 12:7). From another perspective, if the nations are “as dust on the scales,” what is big to God? (Isaiah 40:15).
Debbie Wilson
What Is the Origin of the Phrase ‘Cleanliness Is Close to Godliness’?
As believers stand before the Lord, it’s the blood of Christ, which makes them clean. Cleanliness is not next to godliness, but those who are washed in the blood of Jesus are cleansed from the stain of sin.
Candice Lucey
What Is the Wormwood Star in the End Times?
The wormwood star is one of Revelation's most vivid images of divine judgment. But does it have important lessons for us today?
Hope Bolinger
Who Were the Wise Men of the Christmas Story?
Despite popular opinion, the Bible never says there were three Magi, nor that they visited Jesus in the manger. Just who were the wise men who brought gifts, and why is this so important for the Christmas season? 
Alyssa Roat
What Are the Oaks of Righteousness (Isaiah 61:3)?
When Isaiah speaks about the brokenhearted and how God will comfort those who mourn, he says they will be called "oaks of righteousness" (Isaiah 61:3). But what exactly does it mean to be oaks of righteousness?
Lori Stanley Roeleveld
How Did a Man after God’s Own Heart Fall So Far into Sin?
It was no accident that David had no one around to keep him accountable. Why should he? He was the king! But it was in that moment he made decisions that destroyed his life. So, how did a man after God’s own heart fall so far into sin?
Robert Hampshire
Why Was David Allowed to Take so Many Wives (and Who Were They)?
In all of Scripture, the life of David may be the most dramatic recorded. While reading through this account, we inevitably stumble across the puzzling records of King David’s wives and concubines.
Stephen Baker
Why Did King David Want to Kill Uriah the Hittite?
Uriah the Hittite is one of those characters in the Bible who comes in and out of God’s story quickly but whose life and actions have an impact for generations.
Mary Oelerich-Meyer
What Can We Learn from David's Mighty Men?
David's mighty men stood by him on every occasion, and some of them became famous in their own right. So what did they become known for?
Joel Ryan
5 Remarkable Women in Jesus’ Genealogy and What They Teach Us
No one is too sinful, broken, or tarnished to receive the gift of salvation and live a new life devoted to the Lord. The women in Jesus’ genealogy demonstrate that truth.
Sophia Bricker
Tamra Andress
Bad Boy Does Good: The Miraculous Journey
The development of a baby in the womb is a miracle. And as a newly unveiled series of sculptures show, good art can portray the miracle powerfully.
Eric Metaxas
Changing the World: The Passions of William Wilberforce
Some problems in this world are so great that great faith is required to bring about solutions.
Eric Metaxas
C. S. Lewis and the Coronavirus
C.S. Lewis once said that we should read three old books for every new one. I think we should read three C.S. Lewis books for every new one. He never faced the coronavirus, of course, but in the late 1940s, the world was coming to grips with...
Roberto Rivera and John Stonestreet
Challenging Our Culture's 'Fake Women'
Christians have been accused lately of waging a "war on women." The war is real, but Christians aren’t the ones waging it.
John Stonestreet
The Pilgrim's Route Now Opened at the City of David
An impressive road once served as the central axis for all of Jerusalem's pilgrims and visitors.
Why Some Young Adults Rebel Against Mediocrity
If you ever needed a reason to disbelieve in adolescence and recapture the beauty of high expectations, here it is. So stay tuned to BreakPoint.
John Stonestreet
Will You Be the Hands of Jesus?
I heard an amazing Good Samaritan story the other day. And there’s a reason I think you should hear it, too.
John Stonestreet
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