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Judaism Is for Nonbelievers, Too This is the time of year for Jews to feel like hypocrites. We come to synagogue every year, pick up the machzor and recite words that we’re not sure we believe. Do we really think there’s a monarch in the sky? Does God really shift from one throne to another? Do we really think that the words we recite will avert an evil decree?  There are good reasons that lead many to reject belief. For example, Elisha ben Abuyah, known as Acher, one of the great heretics...

Do you want to please people — really, deeply, enduringly please people? Then help them find themselves, more and more and more, in Jesus. That ambition gives Paul’s love and ministry a flavor not of himself, but of Jesus. This is not self-promotion; this is not the posturing of pride; this is not worldly capitulation or compromise; this is soul-winning, at any cost. We want everyone to be as pleased as possible in Jesus, and we want to do everything we can to encourage that pleasure,...

Saturday, 20th December, 2020. SCRIPTURE: So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Romans 14:12. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The way you spend your life on earth will be accounted for before God on the last day because your lifetime is a gift from God.  The Scripture makes it clear that everyone shall give an account of their life before God someday (Romans 14:12). And the way you live on earth will determine what you will tell God on the last day in judgement. Therefore, it is w...