5 Then the officers shall speak to the people, saying, “Is there any man who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it. 6 And is there any man who has planted a vineyard and has not enjoyed …
A life spent reading Scripture is a path walked between the comfort of the familiar and the challenge of the unknown. The choice between reading the Bible in translation and learning biblical languages brings this balance into view all the more sharply. We know our English translations well, often unconsciously committing to heart their cadences …
Suppose my house is in a remote area with no one in sight to call my neighbor. Or that my neighborhood is spread over a wide metropolitan area. Would one living two miles away from my house be less my neighbor than my next-door neighbor? Jesus commanded us, You shall love your neighbor as yourself …
[Jerusalem’s] heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, “Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.” Micah 3:11 (ESV) What people say with their lips can all too easily mask …
“Are you the finished product?” Surely no one reading this post will answer the question with a “Yes.” Most of us will answer with both a snort of laughter at the very thought and a shiver of shame as our conscience reminds us of how far we are from what Jesus was and what we …
An online survey about this art piece included 2,200 participants. They were asked to vote on what they saw. The results were interesting. Sixty-eight percent only saw a trophy with a total of 1,492 votes. The next group saw two faces with 635 votes reported. The last group neither saw a trophy nor two faces, …