Two Trees
“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, 'You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat
“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, 'You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” Isaiah 5:20 (ESV) Walk down any grocery aisle and the front of the box
“When I thought, 'My foot slips,' your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.” Psalm 94:18 (ESV) As a child, did you love the circus? The spectacle, the animals, the clowns (who doesn’t love clowns?), the excitement. But perhaps one of
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV) We were talking with friends recently who needed consoling about a season
“Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.He said to the woman, 'Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?'” Genesis 3:1
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV) Before starting out on a long road trip, what’s one
"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 (ESV) Around this time every August, most of us are carrying something we never agreed to pick up. The suitcase is still half
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?" Psalm 27:1 (ESV) Moses was born beneath the shadow of a death sentence. Pharaoh had commanded that every Hebrew son be thrown into the Nile. For Israelite parents, the
"And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" Esther 4:14 (ESV) Most of us have looked around at some point in our lives and wondered, “How did I end up here?” Maybe it’s a
Jack Hibbs is the senior and founding pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, based in Southern California, the Founder & President of Real Life ministry, and a nationally syndicated TV & Radio host. Jack and his wife, Lisa, began a home