Bonita Hele, Author at Bible Advocate Advocating the Bible, representing the Church, and glorifying the God of grace and truth Fri, 17 Oct 2025 03:41:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://baonline.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/05/cropped-file-32x32.jpg Bonita Hele, Author at Bible Advocate 32 32 Servant, Slave, Savior https://baonline.org/servant-slave-savior/ Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:44:55 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=35406

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by Bonita Jewel Hele “Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased” (Matthew 12:18). When my younger brother, the youngest of six children, was two or three years old, we would sometimes play a game where he was the prince and my sisters and I were his […]

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Bible St. John

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by Bonita Jewel Hele John the Beloved arguably knew Jesus more intimately than any of His other followers. He was with Jesus during His most celebrated moments and walked with Him through the darkest times as well. John beheld Jesus transfigured into holiness on a mountaintop, witnessed Him raise a girl from the dead with […]

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by Bonita Jewel Hele During my college years, I needed to take an art class to fulfill my general education requirements. Lacking skill in artistic mediums such as pencil and paint (though I have mastered the art of the stick figure), I chose to take Introduction to Photography. The professor was a cheerful, white-haired photographer […]

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]]> Once I Was Blind https://baonline.org/once-i-was-blind/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:00:25 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=29720

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Giving thanks unto the Father . . . who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son . . . who is the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:12, 13, 15). When I was eight years old, I was excited at the prospect […]

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]]> Before the Big Break https://baonline.org/before-the-big-break/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 07:01:20 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=29439
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Imagine the most powerful man in a country. He is the king. He has some major resources. His rule stretches far and wide. And he is evil — so evil that it was said he “did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him” (1 Kings 16:30). The passage goes on to […]

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]]> Fractals https://baonline.org/fractals/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:01:46 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=29184

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But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory (1 Corinthians 2:7, 8). When I was a young teenager, I […]

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