Living as Ambassadors

Living as Ambassadors

In 1961, members of the United Nations adopted and ratified a treaty called the “Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations,” which sets forward specific rules and regulations on how a foreign country’s embassy is to function inside a host country. This is the document...
Tears in God’s Bottle

Tears in God’s Bottle

“You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book?” (Psalm 56:8) At approximately 9:30 yesterday morning, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, dressed in black, shattered the glass by the doors of Sandy Hook Elementary School and, using two 9mm...
Ripping Your Muscles

Ripping Your Muscles

Muscles are peculiar, in that if you want to improve them, you have to rip them. And I don’t mean that in a metaphorical sense. I mean that, quite literally, if you want stronger muscles, you have to cause them acute trauma—that is, work them until they start tearing....
A Tale of Two Kings

A Tale of Two Kings

“And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord.” It’s not a statement that appears often in the history of the kings of Israel and Judah. In fact, after the kingdom of Israel was split in two, it became an accolade that (when it applied at all) belonged...
What Is Your Report?

What Is Your Report?

Israel had seen one of the world’s mightiest nations broken like a twig under the mighty hand of God. They had walked through a sea that gave way at His command. They had followed Him through the wilderness—a pillar of cloud by day; a pillar of fire by night. They...