The story of Dinah is a difficult one for us to read. In our world, when a man disgraces a woman so heinously, he does not then ask for her hand in marriage. But revenge is something we understand all too well. Hearing that their sister was raped, her brothers, most notably Simeon and Levi, […]
Our God is an intimate God and He always has been. People tend to characterize God in the Old Testament as distant and aloof, a rule-giver and judge, but then characterize God in the New Testament as near and intimate, a grace-giver and friend. Then they proclaim that God doesn’t change. This last statement is […]
Our God is an intimate God and He always has been. People tend to characterize God in the Old Testament as distant and aloof, a rule-giver and judge, but then characterize God in the New Testament as near and intimate, a grace-giver and friend. Then they proclaim that God doesn’t change. This last statement is […]
Poor Leah. Her very name meant weariness or languor, and her only real description is as one who had “weak eyes”. This wasn’t a comment on her eyesight but rather on their appearance. The eyes were the center of beauty in the Eastern world and so having “dull or bleary eyes” as is here described was a […]
Poor Leah. Her very name meant weariness or languor, and her only real description is as one who had “weak eyes”. This wasn’t a comment on her eyesight but rather on their appearance. The eyes were the center of beauty in the Eastern world and so having “dull or bleary eyes” as is here described was a […]