Two women, two wells, two divine encounters—one in the desolate wilderness of Shur, the other beneath the blazing sun of Samaria.Hagar, an Egyptian servant girl cast out and broken, meets “the angel of the Lord” by a spring of water.The Samaritan woman, shunned and alone, meets a Jewish stranger who asks for a drink and…
Does America Need Another Revival?
America’s history is marked by moments when spiritual fires seemed to blaze through the land — periods called “revivals” or “awakenings.” Each was hailed as a return to God, a time when hearts were stirred, churches filled, and moral fervor renewed. Yet today, as the moral fabric of our nation frays and confusion reigns in…
Biblical Literacy: What was a City Gate in Ancient Israel and Near East?
When modern readers think about a “gate” of an ancient city, the mental image is often simply: an opening in a thick wall, perhaps with a wooden or metal door, allowing traffic to pass through. This naïve notion captures part of the truth — gates were entry points in city walls — but it misses…
Is it Permissible for a Christian Defend Himself and Others?
A short video clip went viral on social media: a conservative campus speaker was attacked by a young woman who believed him to be a Christian. She shouted obscenities, accused him of “hate speech,” and lunged toward him in a burst of rage. The speaker, surprised but prepared, reached for a canister of pepper spray…