by Ben Godwin | May 23, 2019 | Articles
Ruth and Esther are the two Bible books named after women. Benjamin Franklin was so fond of Ruth he pulled a prank on his cronies in Paris as the Ambassador to France. He often attended the “Infidel’s Club,” a group …
by Ben Godwin | Feb 27, 2019 | Articles
The Midianites invaded Israel like a swarm of grasshoppers. God let them oppress His backslidden people for seven years and chastise them for their chronic idolatry. The Israelites survived by hiding in caves during the invasion. The enemy swooped in...
by Ben Godwin | Jan 31, 2019 | Articles
Albert Einstein believed, “Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.” Some discount the book of Esther because none of God’s names appear in it. While His name is absent, His hand is present and clearly seen protecting His people. Esther …
by Ben Godwin | Jan 3, 2019 | Articles
How great was King Solomon? So great that Jesus spoke of his glory and wisdom nearly a thousand years after his death (Mt. 6:29; 12:42). Solomon, by his own admission, had it all, saw it all and did it all—but …
by Ben Godwin | Dec 6, 2018 | Articles
The Gospel of John is unique from the “synoptic Gospels” (Matthew, Mark and Luke), so called due to their similar content. The synoptics cover many of the same miracles, parables and events of Jesus’ life and ministry. There is a …
by Ben Godwin | Nov 8, 2018 | Articles
As a teenager, I worked part-time in my dad’s company, Builder’s Hardware, in Tampa, Florida. Fascinated by the forklift, I watched with envy as my older brothers and other employees unloaded pallets of hardware from trucks and hoisted them up …
by Ben Godwin | Oct 10, 2018 | Articles
Perhaps you’ve heard the saying, “You can’t have a testimony without a test.” If anyone ever embodied that truth it was Job. He lost everything but his faith. His life was shaken to the core, but he didn’t waver despite …
by Ben Godwin | Sep 14, 2018 | Articles
Life is full of peaks and valleys, ups and downs, highs and lows. While we’d love to live on the mountaintop all the time, that’s not reality. You will face some dark valleys in life, so don’t be surprised or …
by Ben Godwin | Aug 16, 2018 | Articles
An altar is a place where God alters our lives. Altars are mentioned over 400 times in the Bible indicating their prominent role in lives of God’s people. Most Old Testament characters built or used them to offer animal sacrifices …
by Ben Godwin | Jul 19, 2018 | Articles
Imagine you’re on death row. Your only crime is preaching the Gospel. Your execution looms over you like an ominous cloud. You are confined to a dingy, dark, dank dungeon. To make matters worse, there is no plumbing in your …
