I watched an essay by Ismatu Gwendolyn entitled “The War Is Not a Metaphor.” I took away this pervasive thought: money is a tool to enslave people. Carl von Clausewitz, in On War, defines war as “an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.” However, Sun Tzu in The Art […]
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When I was studying about salt for the “Being Salty” post, I came across the grain offering in Leviticus chapter 2. Although it brought an understanding of the meaning of the symbol of salt (faith) it also brought up more questions. Is everything in the grain offering symbolic of something? What would fine flour, oil,
1 Corithinas 1:23 says, “but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness,”. Have you ever stopped to wonder why those who claimed to follow God couldn’t accept their God on a cross and why those who don’t even believe in God think its ridiculous for your God to die for you? Why
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In high school my son would often say people were, “being salty”. We do not live near the ocean so this has nothing to do with smelling like salt water. It is slang to describe when people are behaving bitter or annoyed. It got me thinking though about when Jesus says, “You are the salt
For the longest time I didn’t think I had a testimony. If you’ve ever felt that way I get it. You hear people share these amazing stories of their conversion and how God saved them from drugs, or some type of addiction and now their life is completely different. They sound powerful and amazing, and
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