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Overview of the Kingdom Books
The Kingdom Books of the Bible – Joshua through 2 Kings - are fascinating to read! Lots of action and drama. Mighty battles. Deception....

Carolyn Hurst
May 24, 20168 min read


A Life Verse
I first heard about choosing a life verse at my son’s high school. He graduated from a Christian high school and as part of the yearbook,...

Carolyn Hurst
May 15, 20163 min read


Fearing God
I wrote a recent post about the key word “lovingkindness” which is found over and over in the New American Standard Bible. (If you want...

Carolyn Hurst
May 12, 20164 min read


He is Full of Lovingkindness
The Hebrew word hesed can be found throughout the Jewish manuscripts and is a key word of the Old Testament. [Technically the Hebrew word...

Carolyn Hurst
May 11, 20164 min read


Praying ACTS
Many years ago I heard Christians should pray using the acronym ACTS as a model. It has always stuck with me. "A" stands for Adoration -...

Carolyn Hurst
Apr 28, 20162 min read


Beginning or Ending Your Day
A devotional is a book that helps you grow in your relationship with God. Most devotionals have a daily reading with a Bible verse and a...

Carolyn Hurst
Apr 26, 20163 min read


Covenant Keeping
When reading the Bible there are certain key words that you will see over and over and it is important to grasp the meaning of these...

Carolyn Hurst
Apr 24, 20163 min read


How Do I Pronounce that Word?
The Bible was written over about a 1500 year time period. The last of the 66 books to be written was Revelation and was written about 100...

Carolyn Hurst
Apr 17, 20161 min read


Hope for the World
At church last Sunday we had a speaker come and talk during the Sunday School time between the services. With all that is going on in the...

Carolyn Hurst
Apr 12, 20164 min read


Should I Write in my Bible?
As long as I can remember I thought the Bible was sacred and holy. I have always held it carefully like something that was special and I...

Carolyn Hurst
Apr 9, 20164 min read


Not Just a Jewish Belief
I teach a class called Connecting the Dots of the Bible which shows the students how the entire Bible - the Old Testament and the New...

Carolyn Hurst
Apr 7, 20164 min read


A Life of Significance
My sweet Aunt Velma was born in 1923. That makes her 92 years old. [Update: Aunt Velma passed at the age of 95.] She is the nicest person...

Carolyn Hurst
Mar 28, 20165 min read


He is not here!
REJOICE! He is risen! Our Savior.

Carolyn Hurst
Mar 27, 20161 min read


It's Not a Deception
From Matthew 27: 62-64 New American Standard Bible: 62 Now on the next day, the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the...

Carolyn Hurst
Mar 26, 20163 min read


Remembering on Maundy Thursday
Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. But...

Carolyn Hurst
Mar 24, 20162 min read


Weeping Over Jerusalem
Jesus and His disciples had left the area around the Sea of Galilee and walked the approximately seventy-five miles to Jerusalem. They...
Carolyn Hurst
Mar 21, 20164 min read


It Is Well
Today in church we sang a song with the words “It is well” in them. [It is Well by Bethel Music.] Whenever I hear these words, "It is...

Carolyn Hurst
Mar 6, 20165 min read


Why This Webpage?
I was reviewing my 6 week class I developed called Connecting the Dots of the Bible. I’m about to teach it in a couple weeks. In reading...

Carolyn Hurst
Feb 4, 20166 min read


Philip, the Evangelist
Have you ever looked back on your life and realized how God used you in a certain circumstance? As you get older, you see how one event...

Carolyn Hurst
Jan 30, 20168 min read


Some Answers to Profound Questions
Lee Strobel earned a journalism degree and then a Master of Studies in Law degree from Yale Law School. He was an investigative...

Carolyn Hurst
Jan 26, 20163 min read
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