… for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me. — Matthew 25:35-36. How…

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God doesn’t seem to care how old we are when he issues his call. There are just times when he/she says, “It is time to gather your strength, and get back in the game.”   If you are like me you resist the call initially, but then you hitch up your pants and reenter the…

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Several of the readers have written in asking about Rahab and her story in the Book of Joshua. Here is a good summary:   Rahab: Bible by Tikva Frymer-Kensky A Canaanite woman living in Jericho, Rahab is a prostitute who is also a biblical heroine. According to the narrative in Joshua 2, before the conquest of…

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So they went, and entered the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and spent the night there. — Joshua 2:1. I don’t know anyone named Rahab, but she is one of the true heroes in the Bible and Jewish history. She is also listed by Matthew as one of Jesus’s ancestors. Yet once again,…

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For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit to a yoke of slavery. — Galatians 5:1. We can read the above literally, but we can also read this verse in a different way. (Many verses of the New Testament have multiple meanings and applications.) Christ came to forgive our…

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