Back to school! As a kid, I always loved this time of year. A new class, fresh notebooks, the anticipation of what I would learn. Even now, the smell of freshly sharpened pencils makes me happy. Learning has always been an adventure for me and I’ve had the benefit of many gifted and committed teachers.…
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Snippy
I don’t always respond well if someone hurts me. It’s tempting to not only stop the wrong, but to declare judgment. I feel free to make a defensive point and indulge a sharp response. David, it seems, fell to the same temptation. When Saul was chasing David in order to kill him (1 Sam 24),…
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Real Men
That’s one of the reasons I like archaeology. I know the Bible is true in my head – but it connects with my heart in a different way when I can touch it and see it. It also lends confidence to the accuracy of our Biblical text. Skeptical historians used to assert that King David,…
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What’s your path?
Wouldn’t it be great to have superpowers? Or even just “better than average” powers or skills? David said God had given him hind’s feet. A hind is a small deer – it can scamper across the sheerest of cliffs seeming almost to fly. It is surefooted on these tiny nubs of rock – places that…
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