“You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.” (Matthew 5:8 // The Message) Pure-hearted and clear-seeing are symbiotic. The pure in heart see God, and those who see God purify their hearts. They see him because their vision is not impaired by …
I wrote this over decade ago… Still making adjustments everyday!
The Redacted Bible, aka “The Slaver’s Bible”
[Less than 5-minutes of your time.] Let’s admit it, most of us overlook a lot of difficult passages in the Bible if not downright avoid them. But did you know that in the 19th century some actually printed a redacted Bible in order to control African slaves? This “abridged” version of the King James Bible …
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Forgive or Not to Forgive…
We cannot go back and undo the damage of yesterday, but we can undo the damage it is causing today. We do that with the act of forgiveness. (Steve Arterburn) So, forgiving small things is easy—like when the neighbor didn’t pick up after their dog and I stepped in it. Or like the time a …
Have You Heard This Song?
We’ve finally put away the last vestige of our Christmas decorations and sang our final traditional carols for another year. If you think about the lyrics of your seasonal favorites, how do they compare to what is known as the Arab world’s favorite carol, called “On Christmas Night” written during the civil war in Lebanon …
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