Hannah was infertile, and in ancient biblical times, a “barren womb” meant that God did not favor her. Worse, Hannah’s ...

We start with the Old Testament, and next week the New ... God warns that human eyes can be deceiving. The prophet Samuel was warned as he reviewed a lineup of Jesse’s sons to identify and ...

In the Old Testament, we discover that being anointed symbolizes the coming of the Holy Spirit. In 1 Samuel, we read about the prophet Samuel going to the house of Jesse to discover which one of ...

Biblical names never go out of style – they've been among the most popular names for centuries. Here are some perennial favorites, and some you may not be familiar with.

The Bible references women who follow God, hear God's voice and assume powerful political positions like prophetess Anna, ...

The Old Testament revelation ... consecrated to the Lord as a prophet, was Samuel, the judge and priest" (Sir 46:13). The prophet Isaiah proclaimed, "Hear me, O coastlands, listen, o distant ...

In some cases, most notably in the Old Testament ... priests, or prophets were anointed, the olive oil used to anoint them represented the Holy Spirit (1 Samuel 15:1; Exodus 28:41; 1 Kings ...

In the Old Testament, Mizpah was the place where ... It was also a site of national repentance in the time of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 7:6). The theme verse for the new prayer initiative ...

The Metropolitan Samuel has sometimes been charged with ... had to assume, like the Old Testament prophets, that their miseries had been willed by God. The Jesus of the Christian Gospels seems ...