Have you ever heard of the Treaty of Tordesillas? If you have, you probably know that it is one of, if not the one, worst land deals of all time between two countries. This treaty also inaugurated the stark cultural differences between Brazil and the rest of South America. In 1494, two years after Christopher …
3:8-9 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their’s also was. Jannes and Jambres are traditionally acknowledged as Pharaoh’s magicians who attempted to discredit …
Would you like to widen your vocabulary? Maybe impress your friends a bit with a new, intelligent sounding, and profound word? Try this one: Gainsaying. It is a good word to use for your smarty pants children. Example: “Don’t you dare gainsay me!” Or maybe a work acquaintance who continually undermines you and needs to …
Fish. They come in many shapes, sizes, colors, types, functions, and so on and so on. Saying this, I need to ask if you have been to an aquarium? Have you owned or seen a fish bowl filled with a beautiful diversity of fish? It is a fascinating sight that if you are not careful …
Father, I am going off script. I know that You are not the author of confusion, but God, I am confused and I don’t know where that leaves me. Nowhere can I run to escape you, nor would I ever, yet as life rolls on like waves in high tide, I am lost. The Devil …
A visit to an emergency room can be symbolic to your soul care. Let me present you with some comparisons. Do you need the emergency room? The answer is yes. Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”. Check-in Romans 12:1 teaches us to “present your bodies a living …