Category Archives: Jewish History/Culture

Follow Where?

“Come, follow me.” If you heard this, what would you do? Peter and Andrew dropped their nets and followed. My first instinct would be, “where are we going?” And then I’d probably want to know what we’d be doing and for how long. The way the disciples immediately followed showed that they knew Who was…
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Learn with your Feet

Books and photography have made our world much smaller. And through movies and IMAX we can be virtually transported to distant lands, feeling as if we’ve actually been there. I remember seeing pictures of the Grand Canyon as a child with only fleeting interest before visiting and realizing it was more than just a big…
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Nothing Left

And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. Mark 15:24 In recent studies, this verse was given as a memory assignment. As I’ve pored over it in my mind, etching it on my heart, one thing I noticed was that He was left utterly…
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Kingdom of Heaven: Infiltrate

He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.” Matthew 13:33 Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to the effect of a small amount of leaven. For all the non-bakers out there, once mixed in and allowed to sit…
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