The Bible contains some radical ideas that are staggering: Love your enemies. Turn the other cheek. Pray for those who abuse you. Be a leader by being a servant. Humility is a virtue. Wash your hands and wash your food. Don’t eat everything: eat “clean” animals. Bury human waste outside the camp. Love your neighborsContinue reading “The Bible is Filled with Radical Ideas. Numbers 5.”
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WHAT IS MY ROLE?: God Uses Different People. 2 Samuel 20:16-21.
Picture generated by A.I. Imagine: you live in the town of Abel, a small city in Israel. One day the walls of Abel are surrounded on all sides by the army of Israel, the soldiers carrying bows and arrows, spears and shields, and more shovels than you have ever seen. The battle-scarred soldiers quickly beginContinue reading “WHAT IS MY ROLE?: God Uses Different People. 2 Samuel 20:16-21.”
What’s With All These Ancestors and Family Trees? Ezra 2:59-62.
Americans do many things well: Space travel, radio and television transmissions, weather forecasting, computers, automobiles, jet flight, modern medicine, antibiotics. We have stopped polio in its tracks and rid the world of smallpox. But Ancient Israel did one thing better: RECORD KEEPING. The Bible includes the most detailed records of so many things. The writersContinue reading “What’s With All These Ancestors and Family Trees? Ezra 2:59-62.”
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