Category Archives: Jewish History/Culture

Thanks in the moment: A moment of thanks

Thanks in the moment: A moment of thanks
Have you ever meant to get back to someone and either just forgot or kept putting it behind other urgent tasks? I have – and more frequently than I’d like to admit. It’s not that I don’t want to, but something comes up to distract me and before you know it time has flown by.…
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Leap of Faith

Leap of Faith
God is strategic in how He builds our faith, leading us to situations that focus our reliance on Him. The Exodus journey is a good illustration of the maturing process and how, like a loving parent, God nurtured His people. There is much to learn from their time in wilderness, but crossing the Red Sea…
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Reflect on these things …

Reflect on these things …
… and the Lord will give you insight into all this.   2 Timothy 2:7 Paul gives Timothy some instruction on enduring hardships and then tells him to think about it. Mull it over. It was a hard teaching but Paul assures his young disciple that God will provide insight if he reflects on those truths.…
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Apollo who?

Apollo who?
This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5 Sitting in our fellowship group many years ago, I listened to my pastor teaching from 1 John. There were several references to light and it seemed a…
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