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Embrace Annual Lecture: You can't hide the sun with John McCarthy

You can’t hide the sun

Written by former hostage, John McCarthy, who was held in Lebanon for over five years, ‘You Can’t Hide the Sun’ … More

Embrace the Middle East, Galilee, Israel, Jews, John McCarthy, Lebanon, Nakba, Negev, Palestine, Palestinians, Present Absentee
Absent Father blank image Dislocated Christians Oxymoronic God

Absent Father

I know of no Christian that does not occasionally doubt the goodness of God and whether He is present with them. Some Christians hide these doubts better than others, but they are nothing to be ashamed of.

bible, Christian, Daddy, depression, Doubt, faith, Father, God, Israel, jesus, Loneliness, Psalms, Questions
Blinded by light | 2 Kings| What can you see | Bible

Reflections on 2 Kings 6:8-23 What can you see?

Please read the passage here. There are five protagonists in the story and each of them sees things differently. The … More

2 Kings, Aram, Ask God, bible, Blind, Elisha, Guidance, Israel, Pray, Servant, Solutions, Unexpected
Mishmash and the pass aerial view from the Southeast

Reflections on 1 Samuel 13 – Good luck rituals and cat and mouse games

Here’s the text. The Philistines are in Israel’s land and controlling what goes on in it (see verses 19-22, the … More

1 Samuel13, Blacksmiths, burnt offering, cat and mouse, consecration, Geba, Good luck, good luck ritual, Israel, Israelite, Jonathan, Michmash, Philistines, plans, Samuel, Saul, Scared, victory, Worship

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