The New Free ThinkersAs I walked into my room I saw my closet. Knowing I needed something from it, I opened the door fully, expecting to find what I needed. But instead of finding what I needed, I found a mound of trash that came pouring out on top of me. Maybe I really do [...]
Jacob was “a plain man” (Genesis 26:27) and his brother Esau was a cunning hunter. His name meant “deceiver,” and it didn’t take him long to live up to it. First he tricked his brother into giving up his rights as eldest son, and then their mother Rebekah helped Jacob to fool his father so [...]
Aaron sighed loudly as he looked up the mountainside to see the same rocks and scattered foliage as the day before. No sign of Moses. Not for weeks. He could hear the more vocal dissenters approaching, but he didn’t turn around. They wanted the same thing as yesterday: a new symbol, a new direction. And [...]
“Hear ye, Hear ye!” The words of the king’s decree filled Mordecai’s ears. The king’s servants were looking for suitable young young women to go into the king’s house. Instantly he thought of the fair cousin he had taken in as a daughter. Something was driving him to take a leap and offer her to [...]
“Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” These are the words, spoken by God to Samuel, that singled out David for Kingship. An anointing, a calling, a ministry: often I have thought of these as a place where one arrives sometime in the future. To a certain extent, this is true. However, I believe there [...]
It’s Monday morning. The alarm goes off, and you groan in disgust. You wonder why Mondays are always the hardest. After pushing the snooze button twelve times you throw yourself out of bed, already expecting the day to be slow and agonizing.
Sound familiar? What would happen if Monday mornings weren’t like that? What if we [...]
Unity is something we hear about quite frequently, and not just in church. This concept of unity has lent its name to organizations of all sizes, including microelectronics companies, colleges, and health insurance providers. We have already discussed the critical importance of unity with God, with each other, and the effects it can have on [...]
What is unity? Have you ever wondered that? In this article I would like to share my experiences and understanding of “unity” with you. According to Princeton University’s online lexicon, unity is “the quality of being united into one”.
I cannot think of many ways to explain it unity better than through the experiences I have [...]
Have you ever been in the army or another armed force? Then you have learned something about unity. All armies work together to defeat an opponent. Human armies, unlike God’s army, rely on physical weapons like guns and bombs. For comparison, God could destroy us with a word — though He won’t, because He loves [...]
The religious world seems to have thoroughly co-opted the word “unity,” for it is not used in modern English vernacular. Commercial interests use it rarely, and even then it’s usually a brand or label of some sort that might as well be any other string of syllables, like the name of a computer processor or [...]