Talking Television: Accepting What isn’t Good because other things are Worse?
Growing up, I remember being one of the only kids in the neighborhood without a television. “What in the world do you do,” was the common question my friends asked me. Well, I played in the woods for hours, built forts, played basketball, rode bikes, and...
Echoes in Koinonia: The Danger of an ‘Amen’ Corner
When a snake slithers out from the nondescript foliage in the woods, your entire body responds to the sudden fear of the snake. This fight-or-flight response is an Amygdala Hijack*. Your heart rate and blood pressure increase, causing you to breathe more quickly,...
Touch Not Mine Anointed…
THE TEXT 1 Chronicles 16:22 (KJV) — 22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, And do my prophets no harm The Context 1 Chronicles 16:17–21 (KJV) — 17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, And to Israel for an everlasting covenant, 18 Saying, Unto thee will I give...