Exodus 17:8-16 Time is interesting to think about; we have the past, present, and future. We believe God created the world about 6,000 years ago; everything from now back to then is history. It is important for us to understand and learn from the past. Now, we have a very short moment called the present; […]
A Promise of Restoration: Part 2 Missed Part 1? Listen here! Joel 2:18-27 Another Outcome (that results from God’s promise of restoration) is, The Assurance of Protection In verse 20 God says, “But I will remove far from you the northern army [literally, northerner] and will drive him away into a barren and desolate land, with his […]
Exodus 17:1-7 A couple of years ago, I was teaching in the upper grades of a small Christian school in our city. The one student had an interesting story. As an older student, she was doing well and liked being at school. As I got to know her, I learned when she was young, reading […]
A Promise of Restoration : Part 1 Joel 2:18-27 Not far from where I live is an old house. I first saw this house more than 40 years ago. It wasn’t in very good shape. The roof was sagging, some windows were broken, and in some places, the stucco was coming off the walls. […]
Exodus 16:22-35 Here at Heralds of Hope, we do lots of our work on computers. This means we have different programs to track our information. Some programs are just for email, others are used to track our donations and expenses, and some programs are used to record and produce this radio program. There are quite […]
Missed Part 1? Listen here! A Plea For Repentance : Part 2 Joel 2:12-17 The Next STEP (in responding to God’s plea for genuine repentance) is, Gather the People These next two verses are very similar to chapter one, verse 14. “Sound the shofar in Zion! Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, […]
Exodus 16:13-21 Seven years ago, there was a new baby in our house. We were thankful God blessed us with a healthy baby boy. My wife and I were excited to have another child, and we did our best to care for him. Like all babies, there were many things he needed, and as a […]
A Plea for Repentance : Part 1 Joel 2:12-17 When I was a teenager, my friend and I ran a trapline together. My friend asked permission for us to set traps on the property of one of his relatives. Things were fine until one day when I was checking traps, I noticed a set […]
Exodus 16:1-12 One lesson we ought to learn early in life is that God is in control. That can be a very hard lesson for us to learn. We want to be in control, we feel we can manage our own affairs. So, because we are able to choose, we can make it hard for […]
The Day of the Lord Joel 2:1-11 By the grace of God, I have never lived in a part of the world wracked by war. But because I enjoy studying and learning about history, I have read many books and watched many movies about World War II. During that war, both the Axis and […]
