Last week, as I was reading the Bible, I came upon this verse: Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart. Proverbs 17:3 (New Living Translation) I paused to think about what that means in a practical sense, and I also sought some additional insight on the testing of […]

Throughout the Old Testament, we read of God’s people walking with Him, and then going far astray, and then coming back, and then going astray, over and over again. The ninth chapter of the Old Testament book of Nehemiah records highlights of this cycle, and we see that no matter how many times it repeats, […]