Goliath's Sword and Shield, photo by Terry Harman ⓒ 2010 Fear Over Faith When new challenges rise like giants in your life, they can hit hard enough to leave you winded. Fear, doubt, and anxiety crowd in so quickly that you can feel defeated before you’ve even taken a step. In those moments, running away or reaching for any voice that sounds comforting, even if it’s the wrong one, can seem easier than standing still and turning to God. David knew that kind of pressure. In 1 S

A Wooden Sign: the Roman Titulus? That sign, the titulus in Latin, was no small detail that John records. In Roman custom, the criminal’s charge was written on a wooden board, one foot by two feet, with the charge written in charcoal. A soldier led the condemned through the streets with that board held high, sometimes even hung around the prisoner’s neck, before it was nailed above the cross. It proclaimed the reason for the execution.