Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10030 Revelation 11 introduces two unnamed figures who prophesy for 1,260 days during the Tribulation, are killed by the Beast, lie unburied in the streets of Jerusalem, and are then raised and taken to heaven in the sight of their enemies. Their identity has been debated since the earliest centuries of the church, and…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11070 Depression is one of the most misunderstood experiences within the Christian community. Well-meaning believers have told sufferers that their depression is evidence of weak faith, unconfessed sin, or spiritual failure. The effect of such responses is not healing but additional pain layered on top of pain that was already unbearable. Before asking whether…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 04092 The nineteenth chapter of 1 Kings is one of the most psychologically and spiritually rich passages in the entire Old Testament. Elijah, the prophet who had called down fire from heaven on Carmel and executed the prophets of Baal, is found forty days later under a broom tree in the wilderness begging to…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 3015 About halfway through His earthly ministry, Jesus took three of His disciples up a high mountain, and there something extraordinary happened. His appearance changed, His glory was revealed, and Moses and Elijah appeared to speak with Him. This event, known as the Transfiguration, is recorded in all three Synoptic Gospels and stands as…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 4007 Few phrases have been borrowed more freely from their original context than “the still small voice.” It has become a standard way of describing the Holy Spirit’s gentle inner promptings, invoked in worship songs, devotional talks, and spiritual direction conversations. The phrase comes from 1 Kings 19:12 in the King James Version. The…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 3062 When we think of resurrection in the Bible, our minds naturally go straight to Jesus rising from the dead on Easter morning. And rightly so, His resurrection is the central event of all history. But Scripture records other instances where people were raised from the dead, both before and after Jesus’ own resurrection….