April 2005
This issue of Abundant Life is also available in Adobe's PDF format.The One Not Chosen: Joseph Barsabbas
by Tony Mauck
Shammua, Shaphat, Igal, Palti, Gaddiel, Gaddi, Ammiel, Sthur, Nahbi, Geuel – any of those names ring a bell? Probably not. Joshua and Caleb? “Oh, yeah, I remember them.” Ten names that will go down in infamy. We hardly recall their names because they are the ten spies who came back with the faithless report about taking the land of promise. We remember Joshua and Caleb because of their contrasting response, their great confidence in God to be able to deliver what He promised.
Quietly Great: Phinehas
by Rusty Miller
Who are the great leaders of the children of Israel?
We can list them pretty easily, can’t we?
Moses, Joshua, Gideon, Samuel, David, Hezekiah,
Phinehas, Josiah.
Phinehas?
While the others on that list are all well known to us,
Phinehas is not, but it is God who proclaims Phinehas
a great leader and deliverer of His people. Whenever
God commends someone in scripture, it is important
for us to take note.
Eunice: A Godly Grandmother
by Dane Felicien
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. … You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up” (Deut 6:5 – 7). These instructions were for the Lord’s people to recognize His desire that they develop a genuine, perpetuating faith. Throughout the Bible there are a number of illustrations where the Lord’s people have demonstrated such zeal towards Him.