Sunday Nov 24, 2024

Author: joanneholstein

Joanne Holstein is a Becker Bible Studies Teacher and Author of Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians. She is a graduate of Psychology/Christian and Bible Counseling with Liberty University. She is well-known as a counselor to Christian faithful who are struggling with tremendous burden in these difficult times. She is a leading authority on historical development of Christian churches and the practices and beliefs of world religions and cults.

Rizpah a Concubine of Saul

Old Testament Women of Christ
Rizpah is found in the book of 2 Samuel. Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah and the concubine of King Saul, once King Saul dies, King David hands over seven of his relatives to be executed by the Gibeonites. The bodies of the seven were left to be eaten by the wild animals. Rizpah risked her life to bury her two sons. She adorned sackcloth and spent the days and nights chasing away the birds and wild animals away from her…

Favoritism of a child

Children This Hurting World
Favoritism of a child hurts the whole family unit and it is up to us to stop it. Favoritism by one or both parents can affect children. It is a natural condition for children to compete for either their mother’s or father’s attention. It is the responsibility of parents to not show favoritism because of the attention being shown.

Rebekah The Wife of Isaac

Old Testament Women of Christ
Rebekah was the wife of Isaac and the mother of two great nations through Esau of the Edomites and Jacob of the Israelites. There are many lessons to be learned from Rebekah; she was a loving mother and an obedient wife, she was faithful, rebellious as well as being passionate. She was a Godly woman but she did have her human weaknesses.

Harlotry of Today

Sinful This Hurting World
The harlotry of today is any kind of sexual deviancy of either men or women. It is shocking to learn there is as many as 1 out of 4 children (possibly 3 out of 5 girls) are sexually abused by someone they love or should be able to trust. Boys are at risk today more than ever before. Many survivors of sexual abuse have never talked to anyone about this. When this happens it affects the issue of trust in…

The Death of Elisha

Children's Bible Studies Old Testament
The time had come for Elisha to leave world. The life of Elisha, even past his death is a reminder of dedication to the LORD. The death of Elisha also teaches us about the inevitability of death for all men and also about the consequences of the death of not so good men. The LORD is our deliverance for times of trouble. All be have to do is obey and trust in Him. When we put our hand in the…

Death of Benhadad

Children's Bible Studies Old Testament
Benhadad the king of Syria was sick and told his officer, Hazael to go to Elisha to find out if he would recover from his disease. Hazael used the information from Elisha to be greedy and corrupt and to do evil to King Benhadad. Elisha was faithful and obedient to the LORD. Hazael was unfaithful greedy and evil. We must be prayerful and watchful not to allow our greed to corrupt us into doing evil like Hazael did.
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