Tag: israel
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With Those Who Weep – Behind Blood Falls
…weep with those who weep. – Romans 12:15 Today’s episode of Behind Blood Falls contains a personal message from the author. A Nation Savaged A small, white chair lies upended along an Israeli road among what was once the happy trappings of a planned picnic. Nearby, a car reamed with bullet holes sits deserted and…
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Slightly Obsessed #181: The Moment before the Moment of Revelation
God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, ‘Moses, Moses!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ Then He said, ‘Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.’ He said also, ‘I am the God of your father, the…
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Slightly Obsessed #153: Why 2 Chronicles 7:14 May not Mean What You Think
If… My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. – Chronicles 7:14 King David longed to build the Temple of God for his people. But…
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Slightly Obsessed #141: You Are Stronger Than the Thing that Controls You
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. -2 Corinthians 10:3-4 A stronghold is the thing you give in to in the darkness. Not long after God’s people…
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Slightly Obsessed #067: In the Shadow of His Wings
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. – Matthew 23:37 What more vivid and tender picture of a protective momma can there be…
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Slightly Obsessed #050: God and the Merman
Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon, and placed it beside Dagon. – 1 Samuel 5:1-2 Do we live as if God is a token deity in the pantheon of…
