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Strange Things to Be Thankful For
These things may not make you popular if you list them as blessings around the dinner table. But Jesus did! I spent some time a couple years ago researching the story of Plymouth Colony for an EBook. (The Meaning’s Not Just the Menorah: TWO Holiday Stories Every Believer Should Know. You can grab it here […full post]
A Doolittle Raid Story: After Pearl Harbor, Forgiveness Wins
Doolittle Raider Lieutenant Robert L. Hite, captive. Tokyo, April 1942. Stories can be powerful things. I’m struck by how so many of the stories we hear in the news are about what divides us—what makes us “red” versus “blue.” The ongoing stream of anniversaries of many WWII events could be an occasion to tell more […full post]
When God’s People Linger
The seven-day Feast of Booths (“Tabernacles”), the last of the Lord’s Feasts, has an odd feature—an eighth day. The Lord’s invitation to linger… with Him. This is a “bridge” post between my Divine Appointments series, which explores messages the Jewish calendar holds for today’s followers of Messiah, and a series on the “I Ams of Jesus” […full post]
Erdogan: A “New Hitler” and an Old Prophecy
Two words about Erdogan’s move into Syria: Birth. Pangs. In Matthew 24:4-8, Yeshua told us certain birth pangs will accompany the end of our age. He listed “wars and rumors of wars” as one of those signs. Tragically, wars have been with us throughout human history, so how will these “birth pangs” be different? As […full post]
When God’s Son Shakes Up the Feast
The Pharisees staged a Feast about “God With Us”—and He showed up! Dramatic ways Jesus owned it at the Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles). This is it—the feast that “hooked” me. Learning about the Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles or Booths) added so much dimension to my understanding of John 7-9, which takes place against the backdrop […full post]
