"Be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." (1 Peter 3:15) The teenager stood her ground. While her high school group was visiting a home for people in rehab from addictions, Claire engaged in conversation with a twentysomething man who towered over … Continue reading Daily Scripture Series – June 10th

"You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to the heavens...' But you are brought down to the realm of the dead." (Isaiah 14:13,15) The ceiling of London's Banqueting House is magnificent. Painted by Sir Peter Paul Rubens between 1629 and 1634, it was commissioned by King Charles I to glorify his family's reign. In … Continue reading Daily Scripture Series – June 9th

"I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent." (Philippians 4:18) When Melanie began having regular headaches, her doctors discovered she had a benign tumor in her pituitary gland. The tumor was about the size of a plum and was surgically removed in 2003 and again in 2006 when … Continue reading Daily Scripture Series – June 8th

"Ruth replied,...'Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.'" (Ruth 1:16) A restaurant employee discovered an unconscious man beside a dumpster. He was sunburned, bitten by ants, and showed signs of blunt force trauma. He had no memory of … Continue reading Daily Scripture Series – June 7th

"From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God." (Jonah 2:1) One moment Adrian Simancas was kayaking in the Strait of Magellan in Chile with his father. The next, the 24 year old was engulfed in the mouth of a humpback whale. "I thought I was dead," Adrian told a news outlet. After … Continue reading Daily Scripture Series – June 6th