Image from http://dubyadesigns365.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-30-2010-unleavened-bread.html The feast of Unleavened Bread is closely tied to Passover and started the day after. Often, scripture groups both feasts under the same name, whether Passover or Unleavened Bread (Ex. 23:4-7; Deut. 16:1-8). On the first day of the feast, the Israelites removed yeast from their houses. For seven days they ate…
Tag: discipleship
Broken Roots
“For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God” (Col. 3:3). Not only is our life hidden with Christ, but the life spoken of here is zoe, divine life, the life Christ is. “Your life” is not you. The life that is ours is of another kind. Genesis chapter one tells us…
Give Hate a Chance
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:26-27). Here’s how I’ve often heard this verse: “If you don’t live up…
Inflation: Jeremiah 12
“Why do all the faithless live at ease?…You are always on their lips but far from their hearts. …
The Voice of One 