Dreams

Not Everyone is a Prophet Who Dreams

God used dreams to reveal His will, and yet not every dream is God’s revelation, nor is everyone who dreams a prophet (v. 25). The dreams in this passage were designed to make Judah forget God’s name much as earlier prophets did through Baal worship (cf. v. 13). False …

Pharaoh’s Dream

Two years had gone by, and Joseph was still in prison (v. 1). Then one day Pharaoh had two dreams that caused him great distress (vv. 2-7). He dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River, and he saw seven fat healthy cows coming up out of the water (vv. 1-2). They ate grass in a field. Then …

IllustrationAll Men Dream But Not Equally

T.E. Lawrence once said, “All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake to the day to find it was all vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for many act out their dreams with open eyes. The best way …

IllustrationThe Story of Mount Rushmore Completed in 1941

“American history shall march along that skyline,” announced Gutzon Borglum in 1924, gazing at the Black Hills of South Dakota. In 1927 Borglum began sculpting the images of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt on the granite face …