Robert Burns was the poet laureate of Scotland in the 18th century, and he penned this folksy tune […]
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Happy New Year! We’re looking back and giving thanks for all of the crazy conversations we had in […]
Numbers seem to define us. How old are you? How many years of schooling have you done? How […]
Riddle me this: what do cheap champagne and the guillotine have in common? (Besides an obviously French provenance, […]
Robert Burns was the poet laureate of Scotland in the 18th century, and he penned this folksy tune […]
Numbers seem to define us. How old are you? How many years of schooling have you done? How […]
On Mount Sinai, God established a covenant with his people. It was a covenant etched quite literally into two stone tablets. This covenant established the relationship between God and his chosen people. On the outset, it seemed so simple. After all, God had done all the heavy lifting. He had heard their cries in the land of Egypt, brought them out with a mighty outstretched arm, enabled them to walk through the Red Sea on dry ground, and protected them in a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night. They didn’t have to earn that right; they didn’t have work towards this blessing. Instead, they are given a law, one set in stone, that would guide how they live. All they were given to do was live lives that reflected the blessings of their God. They were to have no other god’s before them, not use the Lord’s name in vain, and remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. The list, of course, goes on, but we don’t need to go much further to see that they failed to keep their end of the covenant.
Numbers seem to define us. How old are you? How many years of schooling have you done? How tall are you? How fat? How much can you lift? How many calories did you eat? How far away is your house? How many lovers have you had? How many hours does it take to get to mom’s? And of course, how much money have you made, how many true friends do you have, how many years left do you have?
By Graham Glover – I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet. So don’t bet […]
By Joel Hess On January 1st many Christians celebrate the circumcision and naming of Jesus as recorded in […]