"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

"If we confess our sins, God...will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9) If you've ever heard the expression "albatross around my neck"-a phrase referring to a tiresome burden-you've heard an allusion to English poet Samuel Coleridge's famous poem "Rime of the Ancient Mariner." In the poem, a sailor … Continue reading Daily Scripture Series – June 5th

"David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul." (1 Samuel 16:23) On November 21, 1915, the hope of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his twenty-seven crew members sank, along with their ship Endurance, into the darkness below the Antarctic ice. They were stranded thousands of miles from home. Later, the … Continue reading Daily Scripture Series – June 4th

"It is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose." (Philippians 2:13) In Singapore, the government encourages people to support good causes by donation-matching. It "tops up" donations to specific charities by contributing an equal amount or more. By effectively multiplying people's contributions, it hopes to … Continue reading Daily Scripture Series – June 3rd