Monthly Archives: April 2013

By His Light

By His Light
Today the Jewish people celebrate the holiday of Lag B’Omer. There are several ideas behind what this holiday is remembering. One is the passing of an ancient rabbi, Shimon bar Yochai. Another is the end of a plague killing 24,000 that ripped through the disciples of Rabbi Akiba during the first century. This was seen…
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Wind

Wind
Do you see the wind? Really? Can you actually see the wind? God has given us a beautiful picture of who He is. Ruach, the Hebrew word that is translated wind, is also the same word for air, breath, and even whirlwind. And it is the same word for spirit. Ruach HaKodesh is the Holy…
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Render unto Caesar

Render unto Caesar
Should we pay our taxes? What if we disagree with the governing authority? Sounds like good fodder for a Starbucks conversation. But Jesus and His contemporaries had the same dilemma. The Jews were split on whether to go along with the occupying Romans or to resist them. And this Caesar character had the nerve to spoil…
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Drops of truth…

Drops of truth…
Rabbi Akiva, noticing a stone at a well that had been hollowed out by drippings from the buckets, said: "If these drippings can, by continuous action, penetrate this solid stone, how much more can the persistent word of God penetrate the pliant, fleshly human heart, if that word but be presented with patient insistency" Thoughts?
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