One of my favorite things about foreign languages are the words that don't translate well. A crêpe, for instance, is not what most Americans call a...
Hiraeth for the Kingdom
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Do You Want to Be Made Well?
The pool of Bethesda was a magnet for the sick and the infirm of Jerusalem. A great and pitiful multitude lay sprawled out across its five covered...
Under the Surface
Chris Hemsworth is a hypocrite. You might recognize the 31-year-old actor from his role as the superhero Thor in Marvel's cinematic universe. Three...
The Privilege of Footwashing
Without the footwashing ceremony, the Passover service would require almost no interaction with our fellow Church members. It would be an intensely...
Lost in the Undertow
It rarely starts with something big. David was just standing on a rooftop. Achan was just following orders. Eve was just hungry. Everyone "was just"...
The Violent Take It
Did anyone else have a hard time leaving the Feast this year? Because I sure did. Maybe it was the way the ocean greeted us every morning as we...
The Day We Win
For roughly six thousand years, the human race has been embroiled in a bitter war with a ruthless enemy. It's a treacherous war, because most people...
What Kind of Firstfruit Will You Be?
Tomorrow, God's people will once again gather together to celebrate the annual Feast of Pentecost. For the ancient Israelites, this was a day to...
Smoking Flax and Bruised Reeds
Passover. By the time this post goes live, we'll be just two nights away. Two nights away from the start of it all—from the lynchpin on which hangs...
The Real World
So the fall Holy Days are over again. There's never any way around it—the Feast of Tabernacles that we wait for with such eager anticipation ends so...
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...
The Culture of the Kingdom
To say that the northern and southern regions of the United States have their differences is an understatement. And the more I think about it, to...