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Today, let’s zoom in on Sarah. Imagine being a young woman, full of hope and dreams, ready to build a life with someone you love. Now imagine that dream turning into a nightmare, n...
That’s kind of where Sarah finds herself in the Book of Tobit. Imagine this: you’re a young woman, ready to start your life, but every man you marry dies on your wedding night. Not...
He's in despair, naturally. Meanwhile, in a faraway land, Sarah, daughter of Reuel, is suffering her own torment. She’s been married seven times, but each husband has been killed b...
He’s lying there, remembering a debt, a sum of money he entrusted to a man named Gabael, way back in Rages, a city in Media – ancient Persia. "Behold, I ask every day to die," he t...
The Book of Tobit, part of the Apocrypha, gives us just that—a deeply personal glimpse into the values and concerns of a father as he prepares his son for life's uncertainties. Let...
We all do sometimes. But what if there were little nuggets of wisdom, ancient guiding stars, to help us find our way? That's what I find so compelling about the Book of Tobit, a st...
We find that same sentiment echoed in the Book of Tobit, specifically in the fifth chapter, as Tobit prepares his son, Tobiyyah, for a journey of immense importance. But before the...
Tobit, blind and burdened by misfortune, remembers he entrusted a significant sum of money to a man named Gabael, living far away in Media. Twenty years prior, to be exact! But how...
That’s precisely where Tobiyyah finds himself in the Book of Tobit. He needs to journey to Media – a long and perilous trip – to retrieve money owed to his father. But who will gui...