Peter Peter the apostle is one of the most prominent characters in the Gospels, a rough and tumble man whose emotions often got him into trouble, and yet he was clearly one of the favorites of Jesus Christ, who loved him for his big heart. Peter’s true name was Simon. With his brother Andrew, Simon was a follower of John […]
Obadiah Obadiah, which means “Servant of Yah”, made his predictions sometime after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., and before the conquest of Edom. His book is the shortest book in the Old Testament, consisting of only one chapter with 21 verses. It concerns the destruction of Edom, a nation who participated in the
Noah Noah, the son of Lamech, was one of eight people that lived before, during, and after the Great Flood. When God saw the extent of human wickedness on the earth He decided to destroy all mankind by a flood (Gen 6-7). God told Noah, who He saw as the one righteous person that the
Nehemiah Nehemiah, son of Hacaliah, was a cupbearer of the Persian King Artaxerxes. In 444 B.C. the king appointed Nehemiah to be the governor of Judah and permitted him to go to Jerusalem to help his fellow Jews. He rallied the people to rebuild the damaged walls around Jerusalem (Neh 2:17). Despite opposition from his
Moses Moses (“I drew him out of the water”) was the son of Amram and Jochebed from the tribe of Levi, and the younger brother of Miriam and Aaron. At this time of his birth the Israelites were experiencing severe oppression in Egypt. Moses was adopted by an Egyptian princess and lived in Egypt many