“Though the concept is somewhat foreign to us, it was commonplace in ancient Israel,” writes pastor Adam Dooley. “Fasting appears 75 times in the Bible.”
“In this time of chaos and uncertainty, we pray that the Lord will strengthen you and work through you on behalf of peace and care for those who are suffering.”
“This is a beautiful community,” says David Gaskins. “Our nickname is Happy Valley. Every lawn is perfect. Every home is immaculate. But that’s the wild thing — Happy Valley is a sarcastic nickname because almost nobody is happy here.”
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for March 9, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.
While fraudulent posts with items for sale do occur on Facebook Marketplace, scams like this are more often going to show up in regular Facebook feed because they are targeting friends and family members of the alleged seller.
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for March 9, written by Mark Rathel, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
Conditions continue to worsen dramatically in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 25.5 million people face the danger of hunger, a Baptist leader there said.
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