Jenny L. Hassell Sometimes temptation shows up as the easy way out. After forty days of fasting in the wilderness, Jesus was starving when the Tempter came to Him. The suggestion seemed innocuous. Turn the stones into bread, eat them so you won’t be hungry. Solve the problem. End the hunger. Take the shortcut. But Jesus responded with … Read more
Sometimes it all seems lost. There is no hope at all. Only darkness seems to lie ahead. Two criminals were crucified beside Jesus. One joined the crowd in mocking him. The other saw something different. He admitted his own guilt and recognized that Jesus had done nothing wrong. In the middle of that hopelessness, he … Read more
Sometimes we just get tired of fighting. Conflict arises, and yeah, we could go at it again – but those times when we choose not to are the pinnacle of self-control and often where peace can be found. Isaac’s servants dug a well in the valley, and the local herdsmen immediately claimed it as their … Read more
We’ve all had a moment when doing the right thing costs us immediately. Joseph was a slave in the house of Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, when Potiphar’s wife began pressuring him day after day. Joseph could have done it in secret. No one would have ever known. No one would have stopped him. But … Read more
What do you do when everyone around you agrees…and you know they are wrong? There was a prophet named Micaiah who stood before King Ahab while four hundred other prophets promised victory in battle. The king wanted reassurance. The court wanted agreement. But Micaiah refused to adjust the message. He said, “If you ever return … Read more
You’ve felt this before. The moment when you act without guarantees. There was a woman in Jericho who hid two foreign spies in her home while her city prepared for war. The walls were still standing. No trumpet had sounded. No proof had been given. But she had heard enough about Israel’s God to stake … Read more
As I’ve been pondering the building of the Unearthed section, one resource I’ve really enjoyed is the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archeology. They publish a quarterly magazine called “Let The Stones Speak” that highlights real discoveries, timelines, and artifacts connected to the world of Scripture. The latest issue focuses on the House of David. What … Read more
I came across a roundup from the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archeology highlighting ten significant discoveries from 2025. It was fascinating. Here’s the video:
What God Won’t Let Me Forget“Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.”Genesis 22:13 (NASB) Have you seen the guy on YouTube … Read more
What God Won’t Let Me Forget“We are the temple of the living God.”2 Corinthians 6:16 I have never really cared about appearances – my own or others’. Jenny gonna show up in a headband or a baseball cap with no makeup and a T-shirt with a message on it, and you’re either going to sit … Read more