Author: Jon Holden

We can relate to the necessity of the temple tax for maintenance of the place of worship as we do today for our churches. God’s provisions for expenses of the buildings, staff, and upkeep rely on our tithes today. Our gifts back to God for the church. In this story, Christ sets the example of paying the tax as a… Read more →

Jonah was a prophet and received a word from God to go to Nineveh and tell them they were going to be judged for their wickedness. Nineveh is 500 miles from Jonah’s home and he runs the opposite direction 4 times further away through Joppa to Tarshish. He says NO to God and travels far and wide to escape a… Read more →

Isaac was a farmer and lived in the town of Gerar, the former home of his father, Abraham, a land of the Philistines under the kingship of King Abimelech. Isaac was a man of submissive-faith and peace; a man who was obedient to God and listened to the Lord by staying in a land of the ungodly Philistines. We learned… Read more →