“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You may now dismiss Your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen Your salvation which You have prepared in the sight of all people; a light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.” Simeon is one of my favorite characters in the bible. […]
“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You may now dismiss Your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen Your salvation which You have prepared in the sight of all people; a light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.” Simeon is one of my favorite characters in the bible. […]
Today I’m pondering armies. Someone has said that nobody should read Joshua until they are adults, and even then only sparingly. It’s a hard book for us in 21st century America to stomach let alone understand. It’s the story of warfare, of driving people off their land, of armies. Another person asked me once, “What’s […]
Was John the Baptist Elijah reincarnated? Obviously not since we don’t believe in that sort of thing, but also because Elijah wasn’t dead. If you remember his story, he was taken up to heaven in a fiery chariot, making him one of only two people assumed to have never died. The other is Enoch early […]
“There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the LORD listened to a human being.” I believe we deeply misunderstand prayer. We believe and have been taught that prayer is about asking God for things. We justify this with a few commands in scripture about asking what you want […]