Speak Kindly to Jerusalem                                                                                               

Speak Kindly to Jerusalem                                                                                               

This year the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av begins at sundown on August 1 and ends at sundown on August 2. Called the fast of Tisha B’Av, this Jewish fasting day commemorates the destruction of both Solomon’s Temple and the Second Temple in Jerusalem. It also...
The Father Wants to Include You                                                                                                 

The Father Wants to Include You                                                                                                 

Hebrews 8:7–8 tells us that if the first covenant had been faultless, God would not have needed a second covenant. What was the problem with the first covenant? Us. It was the people: “For finding fault with them.” Romans 8:3–4 emphasizes this same concept: “For what...