It was the breaking news on January 15, 2015. Nineteen days after Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson set out to achieve one of the most difficult climbing challenges, they reached the summit of the 3000-feet rock called the El Captain in Yosemite National Park in USA. It was the first free ascent of a notoriously difficult section of the mountain. For these two, this adventure was about “realizing a dream.” It was a risky journey. …
“They cried to the Lord.” In response to Israelites cry of distress in the hands of their oppressors, God raised up a deliverer called Othniel. The sequel to the story was, “And the land had rest for 40 years.” It happened again that they disobeyed God and came under the hands of the Moabites. Again, they cried to the Lord. God raised up a deliverer. This time, it was Ehud. He was left-handed, but this …
Recently, I began a study the Bible from Genesis to Revelation in a continuous sequence. Before I started, I wondered what more I could glean from Genesis 1, which I had studied many times in the past. I wanted to approach this Book with a fresh eye. I asked the Holy Spirit to do for me what He does best–give me a fresh revelation of the truth in God’s Word. He did give me several …
