October 7th is only a few days away, and our minds and hearts are once again turning toward the remembrance of the horrific, murderous attack by Hamas terrorists against Israeli civilians that took place on that day. Many people will be writing about the attacks and the inhumane acts perpetrated by the madmen and women who participated in the heinous assault on the music festival and the kibbutzim that surround the site of the festival. Others will be writing articles focusing on the...

One of the things I love about reading the Bible is that sometimes a story I have read many times suddenly becomes more personal. I can read the same passage over and over again, and then one day, a particular verse, a particular conversation, or even a small detail causes me to stop and think, “How did I miss that before?” The story of Yeshua and the Samaritan woman in John 4 is one of those passages. Most of us are familiar with the story. Yeshua is traveling through Samaria and stops at a...

How many times have we heard someone say, “You just need to forgive them?” I have heard those words many times throughout my life. Sometimes they are spoken by someone who genuinely wants to help. Sometimes they are spoken because forgiveness sounds like the right answer to a difficult situation. I have discovered that forgiveness is not always as simple as saying, “I forgive you.” If forgiveness were simply a matter of voicing those three words, why does Scripture have so much to say about...