When a Roman officer sought healing for his servant, Christ Jesus did not delve into national characteristics and origins; he simply replied, "I will come and heal him.
Neither the four walls of a classroom nor any other place is outside God's kingdom, because teaching in its most enlightened sense is a function of the Christ, whose messages are irresistible.
The world presents captivity in many forms: political hostage-taking, captivity imposed by totalitarian regimes, economic captivity of the poor, captivity of ignorance and fear, and many other examples.
Like a landscape under sudden sunshine, a familiar Bible passage may shift into a new range of color and distinctness when a term for good or evil is more fully understood.
When the king of Syria wrote to the king of Israel, informing him that he was sending his servant, Naaman, to Israel to be healed of leprosy, the king of Israel was distraught.
