Jul 20, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
On this day in 1776, a Jewish plantation owner from South Carolina named Francis Salvador, was killed in a skirmish with British regulars. The reason this is noteworthy is because it’s believed that Salvador was the first Jewish patriot killed in the American...
Jul 20, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Ascribe greatness to our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect. For all His ways are justice, a God of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He. (Deuteronomy 32:3-4) In the course of this song, we are reminded nine different times that our God is...
Jul 19, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day, in 1906, that the Home Construction Company organized and began to build homes outside of ancient Jaffa. Over time this area would become known as the city of Tel Aviv. In Hebrew, Tel Aviv means the “hill” or “mound of spring.” We could shorten it...
Jul 19, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Let my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, as raindrops on the tender herb, and as showers on the grass. (Deuteronomy 32:2) We must remember that it was the LORD who gave Moses the words to this song, and so, that the wording strikes a poetic tone...
Jul 18, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Since we were speaking of events in Acts 2, yesterday, let’s follow it up with another related thought: what does it mean to be Spirit-filled? Growing up in a Pentecostal church, I thought that being Spirit-filled was all about speaking in tongues and being...
Jul 18, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. (Deuteronomy 32:1) Thus begins the song of which Moses spoke of in the preceding chapter. As I have already mentioned, it is a song that summarizes Israel’s history from Egypt to...
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