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Tag: conflict

  • Light in Darkness

    Every year, during the holiday season, as we approach Christmas, the events increase and things get crazier. This last week was nuts. In the midst of an atmospheric river of rainfall, we had to procure outfits for the kids for a middle school dance and choir performance. There was also a birthday gift to shop…

  • Acts 15: Us & Them

    Some of the believers from Judea went around telling people that only circumcised people could be saved. Paul and Barnabas dissented and debated them describing the conversion of the Gentiles. The Pharisees insisted that the new believers be circumcised in order to keep the law of Moses to show devotion to the Jewish faith. Peter…

  • John 4: Well

    In this chapter, Jesus and his disciples travel by foot from Judea to Galilee. These are districts in Israel, and between them is an area called Samaria. The Samaritans had religious practices that were different than the other areas. They went to Mt. Horeb, the location God gave Moses the Ten Commandments, to pray while…