Do you ever have trouble remembering someone's name? It drives me nuts when I know I know it - I just can't get it from deep in my brain to my mouth. - Names matter. - They carry meaning. When someone remembers your name, it implies you're important and valued.
Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. (15) But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of...
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (8) Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (9) Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
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In the Middle East, we're witnessing an historic peace deal. There's a brokered peace agreement between the Muslim terrorist group Hamas and the Jewish Nation of Israel. Is everything in the agreement going to continue down the road to actual peace? Only time will tell.
Are there ever times when perhaps we find ourselves upset over things that are not that important while missing the actual big things...? I've probably been guilty of that.
Over the past few weeks we've talked about how to Biblically respond to all of the national events and chaos happening all around us. It certainly appears that we, individually, have very little control over any of this. But we can control how we respond. We've talked about how our first response should be in prayer. We've talked about responding...
The last two weeks we've talked about how we should respond to the many events unfolding in the headlines around us. Some of the events behind those headlines are both tragic and evil - and we've looked at how we're called to respond, not with hate or violence, but in prayer and with holiness. But many in the...
Does much of what we see playing out now in our world, in our media, in social media, in our nation - does much of it feel 'holy'? When you think of the word 'holy', what comes to mind? Do you think about an inspirational cathedral? Maybe you think of 'sacred' objects like the cross,...
My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, (20) for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.
Just last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were overheard discussing organ transplants as a means of prolonging life. The unguarded moment was caught on a hot mic. Putin suggested even eternal life could be achievable, "With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted, and...
