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The other day I was leisurely reading the Prophet Isaiah, when suddenly words I read many times, which I know from memory, suddenly leapt out at me from the biblical page and became alive. By the way, I suggest that you rarely have an experience like this reading any other book. The verse that excited… Read more

Last week, we left the children of Israel wandering in the wilderness. There were no signposts to guide them. There was no real security to comfort them. At best, they had Mana and quail to eat. There was always enough for today, but when they had enough, the Mana melted and quail disappeared. The only… Read more

Last week we drew startling parallels between the bondage in which children of Israel found themselves in good old Egypt’s land and the predicament of enslavement we find ourselves in today. You remember we talked about how the Israelites became enslaved in Egypt for economic reasons. They needed food and security. It was better to… Read more

“Give thanks in all circumstances.” 1 Thessalonians 5 vs. 6“Everything give thanks.” King James Version On this Thanksgiving Sunday, there comes to me a challenge from across the years. This challenge goes like this: “Give thanks in all circumstances.”  Now you might suspect these were the words of a man who lived in a very… Read more

The history of man has moved in a strange rhythm over-and-over from the downbeat of bondage to the upbeat of freedom. In this strange cycle, man is his own greatest enemy. He is hell-bent for his own destruction. Despite the many options for freedom that he is presented with, man has an incredulous ability to… Read more