One of my favorite game-type activities is Bible trivia. I love to test my knowledge of Bible facts - from the obvious questions like, “Who built the ark?” (A: Noah) to the more obscure questions like, “Who is the left-handed assassin of King Eglon?” (A: Ehud). One of those bible facts that comes up is that Paul was, by secular trade, a tentmaker (Acts 18:3). Paul was a tentmaker, but we know beyond that he was an evangelist of the Lord. He often used his life circumstances a

Aside from His mother, perhaps the best-known woman to have played a role in the life of Jesus was Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene, meaning "Mary from Magdala", has been fablized into a woman with a troubled past. Some suggest that she was a prostitute, an adulteress, or the sinful woman of Luke 7 - these are traditional misrepresentations that transpired from a 6th-century sermon by Pope Gregory I. These false characteristics become the overshadowing narrative about Mary - Go

Often, when we think of the dynamic between Mary and Martha, our attention focuses on the lapse of judgment by Martha in Luke 10. We can hear it ringing in our ears, "Martha! Martha!" While she certainly did fall to meet the occasion of identifying the greatest opportunity - an audience with Christ - she did on another occasion display great understanding of Christ. In fact, you see a reversal of roles between Mary and Martha. In John 11, the brother of Mary and Martha, Lazar