ECCLESIASTES 2: REST

ECCLESIASTES 2: REST

This is part 4 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes. In modern parlance, Solomon “did us a solid” (or did us a great favor). Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 documents Solomon’s foray into chasing after meaning by any means possible. This section is intensely...
JEREMIAH 44: THE LORD WORKS THROUGH B4T

JEREMIAH 44: THE LORD WORKS THROUGH B4T

This is post 9 of 9 in a series about the book of Jeremiah. Data is a tricky thing. When people say, “the data doesn’t lie,” I often wonder how hard they’ve looked. True, the bare facts of the data technically don’t lie, but it’s actually fairly easy to make a large...
JEREMIAH 18: THE LORD DESIGNS

JEREMIAH 18: THE LORD DESIGNS

This is post 5 of 9 in a series about the book of Jeremiah. As is very common in Jeremiah, the word of the LORD came to him (18:1). This time it instructed him to go to the potter’s house. He walked in and saw with his eyes before hearing directly, and then after he...
TAKING THE LONG VIEW

TAKING THE LONG VIEW

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1 ESV) As you read through Hebrews 11 you see sentences like this: “By faith so and so did such and such” that was completely out of the ordinary and sometimes even...
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE

The following is contributed by a B4T worker in the Middle East. Can you imagine this scene: you’re standing in HEAVEN with Jesus. Your heart is pounding with excitement and you feel like it will explode out of your chest with joy. You’ve just been...
HARD PRESSED

HARD PRESSED

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 Have you ever felt like Paul in this passage? Disappointments, obstacles, failures, conflicts,...