Greetings, Newsies! Whether you’ve just joined this special group or been with me from the beginning, I appreciate you! Generally speaking, my Newsies are committed to spreading the news of Jesus and Biblical Truth to the nations. I spread those messages with deeply researched Old Testament novels that teach through the power of stories. Hopefully, this post will bring some …
Joseph: How Did He Know God’s Will?
Discovering God’s will for my life sometimes seems more complex than that crazy-looking highway in the picture. But there’s one biblical character who seems to have sailed through a host of difficult circumstances in life with the Spirit-led GPS (God’s Peace System): Jacob’s eleventh son–Joseph. (photo attribution: austrini, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) In Feast or Famine explores …
God’s Heart of Anger, Grief, and Love
I can finally say with millions of others, “I’ve been to Vegas!” But I can’t let “what happened in Vegas stay in Vegas” because it’s too important. When we asked Roy’s brother and sister-in-law (who moved out there in May) to give us the first-timer’s tour so we could experience the real Las Vegas, I had no idea the anger, …
Thankful To Be A Child of Abraham
Yep, the ornery-looking girl in the too-tight jeans with a mischievous grin—that’s me, back in my BC days. At that stage of life, I wanted nothing to do with Jesus and I hated history. Couldn’t stand to be in the same room with my parents and refused to crack open a Bible. Typical rebellious teen. I remember spouting off to my U.S. History teacher—face-to-face, …
God of the Dark Places by Paula S. White
Does God Lead Us Into Dark Places? Throughout the Bible, God led his people into worlds different from their own, places they would never have chosen to go. Esther in Darkness “God separated the light from the darkness.” Genesis 1:4b (Amplified Version) In the book of Esther, a young woman was taken from her home and family, placed in a world …
Hardened Hearts by Diana Guz
One morning, my mother entered my room and asked, “Can we pray together?” And so we did. We still don’t speak of the heaviest need on our hearts, the one propelling us to prayer constantly, but in our whispers to God, it is there. The tears flow and after, we hold each other tight. We are bound by this …