Confessions of a Scapegoat
April 30, 2022
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We think of a scapegoat as someone who takes the blame for someone else. That’s the opposite of what we see in scripture about scapegoats.
The Pain and Joy of the Fragments
April 23, 2022
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Being in the world and not of it is an easy game to play as long as the world system allows us to mimic the
Joined by the Blood
April 16, 2022
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So much of this walk with our Creator involves our identity. If we know Whose we are, then we can know who we are –
In the Valley of the Lepers
April 9, 2022
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The reason we don’t reach out more to undesirable people is because they are, well, undesirable. But how much of that undesirableness is because they
Staying On The Field
March 26, 2022
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Sometimes it helps to think of life as a game. There are many things out of our control in games, but we do have some
A Kingdom of Priests
March 19, 2022
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Our contemporary concept of priesthood probably hasn’t changed much since the dawn of civilization. It seems that we humans are quite happy to outsource our
The Garment of A Jew: A Special Presentation for Purim
March 16, 2022
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Did you ever consider that human beings are simultaneously the oppressed and the oppressors, the beloved and the reprobate, the Creator’s handiwork and the Adversary’s
Burned Up or Burned Out?
March 12, 2022
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Does our Creator delight in the fact that the pace of this modern world leave us overstretched and exhausted? Of course not. He does expect
The Reconstruction of Ourselves
March 5, 2022
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God knew what He was doing when He established a single standard for good and instructed our first ancestors to abide by it. All the
A Heart Prepared
February 26, 2022
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It’s difficult enough to comprehend the transformative process our Redeemer works within us as individuals. It’s even more difficult to comprehend this process in a
Never Disowned
February 19, 2022
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God make a promise never to leave us or forsake us. That’s stunning since we humans have always had a tendency to leave and forsake
Growing Into The Robes
February 12, 2022
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Do we really get to wear robes in the Kingdom of Heaven? How do we get them? What do we do in those robes? And
Holy Dogs
February 5, 2022
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“Holy” is a word we throw around in spiritual talk, but do we know what it means? If we don’t know what it means, then
Half-Cocked Spirituality
January 29, 2022
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A person may become an adult in the eyes of the law by reaching a certain age, but that doesn’t mean he or she is
Yakety Yak and Blah, Blah, Blah
January 22, 2022
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Obviously we don’t get into the Kingdom of Heaven simply by doing good works, or do we? We rightly claim that salvation is by God’s
Faith Without Hats
January 15, 2022
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What is our real motivation for following God? Do we really want to be His people, or is there some hidden motive – a motive
Becoming Little Donkeys
January 8, 2022
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Human beings made in the image of our Creator are supposed to resemble our Creator in the way we think and act, but more often
Pawns of Redemption
January 1, 2022
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Is humanity nothing more than so many pawns in a cosmic game of chess between the powers of good and evil? Yes, and no. It’s
