Leaven — Merriam-Webster.com I recall the first time I read of leaven in the Bible and was like, “Huh? What’s leaven?” Like anything in scripture, there’s always a context that we must understand before we can gather the fullness of its meaning. When Jesus, for example, used the term, it would’ve resonated immediately with His contemporaries. “He […]
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Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. — Genesis 3:1a Imagine the following scene with yourself being a part of it, allowing yourself to get emotionally involved in it… You show up to the baseball field – just in time, too – as the
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But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. — 1 John 2:20 One of the most common questions I receive from people is, “How do I know that I’m doing God’s will?” Such questions often come after difficult lessons or the emphasis of certain principle commands in the Bible…things like, “Little