I am beginning a new series that is quite different from the first two messages of this Feast of Tabernacles ["The Handwriting Is On the Wall (Parts One and Two) (2007)"], and I hope those messages were clarifying and exhortative. I want …
Most people do not recognize that everyone in the world is under some form of slavery. We are all slaves to many things in varying degrees. The foundation upon which world culture is based encourages, promotes, and forces us into a life …
An interesting email from one of our members arrived in my inbox this morning. It was a review of findings by Dr. Robert Rosenthal, professor of psychology at Harvard University for 37 years and now at the University of California, …
(13) And thorns shall come up in its palaces,
Nettles and brambles in its fortresses;
It shall be a habitation of jackals,
A courtyard for ostriches.
(14) The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the jackals,
And the wild goat shall bleat to its companion;
Also the night creature shall rest there,
And find for herself a place of rest.
Lilith, a demon goddess of the night and the alleged first wife of Adam, found her way into Jewish folklore from the ancient Babylonians. Lilith and her companion, Samael (a Satan figure), are prominent characters in Jewish mythology …
Human beings have always struggled with how their minds interpret the world. No one sees it the same way. While we like to think of ourselves as rational and fair, we view the world through unique, hidden lenses. These lenses, called biases, influence how we perceive people and events, and they can even color how we see God’s truth. Bias has the potential to—and often does!—cloud our judgment and mislead us into believing something untrue. To live faithfully, we, as Christians, must learn to recognize our biases, admit that they may be a problem, and submit ourselves to God’s perspective. …
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