Faithful Foreigners Faithful Foreigners: On Books and Their Covers Read: Acts 8:26-40 Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to…
Faithful Foreigners Faithful Foreigners: Fear, Faith, & Foreigners Read: Mark 15:33-39 Now when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!” (Mark…
Faithful Foreigners Faithful Foreigners: Dust & Ashes Read: Job 42:1-6 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and…
Faithful Foreigners Faithful Foreigners: Harbona and Company Read: Esther 6:14-7:10 Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, “Look, the very gallows that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the…
Faithful Foreigners Faithful Foreigners: A Fish Named Grace Read: Jonah 1 But the LORD provided a large fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights…Then the…
Faithful Foreigners Faithful Foreigners: Rahab the Resourceful Read: Joshua 2 Then Joshua son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went, and entered the…
Faithful Foreigners Faithful Foreigners: The Kindness of Strangers Read: Acts 27:18-28:10 After we had reached safety, we then learned that the island was called Malta. The natives showed us unusual kindness. Since it had begun to rain…
Faithful Foreigners Faithful Foreigners: Uriah the Loyal Read: 2 Samuel 11 Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah remain in booths; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping…
Faithful Foreigners Faithful Foreigners: Balaam’s Ass Read: Numbers 22:22-35 Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these…
Faithful Foreigners Faithful Foreigners: Jesus the Refugee Introduction to the Faithful Foreigners Series Sprinkled throughout Scripture are stories of “faithful foreigners.” These are people who are perceived as outsiders, but who often behave more faithfully than the…