Circumcision – Household Words:

Fastened at the Waist. Jeremiah 13:11.

Christians discuss circumcision and giggle. We read that “testify” comes from “testicle” because of the practice of swearing on the loins, as when Abraham told his servant to “place your hand under my thigh and swear,” Genesis 24:9—and again we giggle. Our understanding is so OVERWHELMED by the sexualization of our culture, we are unableContinue reading “Fastened at the Waist. Jeremiah 13:11.”

God’s Secret Sign.

There have always been secret signs, codes that allow you to trust a stranger. George Washington used a small band of trusted spies to fight the British, and he was known among them by a number “711.” Spies today often employ a series of passwords to vet each other. You’ve seen the scenes in movies—twoContinue reading “God’s Secret Sign.”