Hope on Offense

Paul and and his friend Silas found themselves in prison. Earlier that week a slave girl kept following them around proclaiming that they were servants of the Most High God. Although true, Paul got annoyed with it and cast the spirit out of the girl, which is good news for her, but bad news for… Read more: Back to Jail

Grigor’s father, Anak, was an assassin. His assignment was the Armenian king Khosrov II, targeted by a neighboring ruler who wanted a more pro-Persian, anti-Rome ruler on the throne. As a kinsmen of Khosrov, Anak had the ability to get access to the king as well as likely support to take over the throne at… Read more: In the Pit

There was no way in. The fellas had expected a crowd, of course, as they weren’t the only ones to hear about this man named Jesus who was casting out demons and healing the sick. They had heard of the man of the tombs in Gadara who he set free from the evil that had… Read more: No Way In

Jesus didn’t have to go through Samaria. Well, it wasn’t an earthly necessity, anyway. When Jesus is heading north from Judea to Galilee after causing a stir with all the baptizing his folks were doing, he ends up at a well in the city of Sychar. It’s an interesting location, a city that sits in… Read more: A Drink of Water