When I was first introduced to studying the Bible, it was in the context of the King James version and I had a hard time with it. The old English employed in King James left me searching for meaning to many idioms of speech that the original translators utilized. For...

“Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend.” This is from Proverbs 27, a chapter that has lot to say about true friends. How many chose to ignore this counsel? Many who wander from these friends are very much lost, I am sorry to say. They go far from...

Their hopes and dreams crushed, two disciples of Jesus snuck out of Jerusalem. Fear gripped them. They were sure that religious leaders with Roman soldiers were looking for them and the other followers of the Teacher from Nazareth. Jesus had been crucified and buried on Friday, but once Sunday dawned...