"So rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful" (Joel 2:13).

Rending one's garments was the action of one experiencing distress. Such actions, however, might be only superficial. According to Joel, that which really needed rending was the heart. One could tear his garments into shreds and still not be right with God.

The basic need is the recognition of the guilt of sin and godly sorrow from a broken heart. Because of sin in his own life, David knew the kind of heart that pleases God.…

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Generational Generosity

 

How does someone become generous?  We are made by God in the image of God. We are hard wired with emotions and feelings that can lend toward generosity. Some of those are compassion, empathy and sensitivity. Children tend to bond with those who show them love, care, and concern. In my belief, people don’t become generous by accident. It is learned through modeling and examples set by others, and children can be taught from an early age. Teaching generosity goes beyond…

A Second Chance
(Kenneth "Tack" Chumbley)

 

Then He went out . . . and came to His own country.

Christ leaves the area around Capernaum and, for a second time since the start of His public ministry, returns to Nazareth —-- that “beautiful village in the mountain nest.”

The Jews were proverbially narrow and bigoted. Between them and the Gentiles was a wide gulf. Samaria was so accursed that Jews traveling between Galilee and Judea would cross to the east side of the Jordan to avoid being contaminated by Samaria.

But the spirit of Jesus was different. On His…

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    The backdrop of the book of Romans was a congregation made up of both Jews and Gentiles. In addition to this mix of peoples was the fact that the emperor of Rome kicked the Jews out of Rome for a time and then after his death they were allowed to return. These two factors caused many issues for the Christians as their backgrounds and traditions were much different. Jews were raised with the mindset of being God’s special people, close alliance to the law and its traditions. Gentiles came from a pagan background with less regard for the traditions…

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