The Dots Above the Kiss

The Dots Above the Kiss

There is a word in the Hebrew Bible with dots above it. Not vowel markings, but mysterious, heavy ink dots hovering just above the consonants. In the entire expanse of the Old Testament, scribes placed these puncta extraordinaria over only fifteen specific passages....
Killing Horses for Jesus

Killing Horses for Jesus

David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrings all but a hundred of the chariot horses. (2 Sam. 8:4) King David won a decisive victory in the Valley of Salt. The armies of Hadadezer lay defeated,...
At the Bedside of a Dying Boomer

At the Bedside of a Dying Boomer

We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means so that the banished one will not remain an outcast.” (2 Samuel 14:14) I always imagined the death of my father being...
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