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Jesus the Teenager

Jesus the Teenager
Many of my friends have a teen at home. These can be difficult and tumultuous years – for parent and child alike. For the teenager, it’s a season full of emotion, questions and change; but also discovery and growth. I wonder what Jesus was like as a teenager. Our Bible is completely silent on this…
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Bet Av: Family Resemblance

Bet Av: Family Resemblance
Family resemblance is an interesting phenomenon. Even strangers can pick up similarities. This includes not just physical characteristics but personality and values too. I look like my mom – and more so every day. And she looks like her mom. But it’s also what she says and how she says it that conveys a relationship.…
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Feast of Dedication

Feast of Dedication
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. John 10:22-23 The Feast of Dedication that we know as Hanukkah celebrates God’s deliverance of His people once again. God vanquished their enemy and they reclaimed the desecrated Temple. The…
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Inseparable: Assurance of God’s Presence

Inseparable: Assurance of God’s Presence
God is ever present, or omnipresent if you’re trying to impress. As Westerners we can discuss this intricacies of this doctrine in a detached way, engaging only our mind, especially when life is smooth. But what does His presence actually mean when circumstances turn us upside down? How does our heart understand it? Presence is…
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