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Tagged: urban legend

Gossip: How To Believe a Lie
Posted on Monday, October 19th, 2015 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Ecclesiastes, gossip, urban legend
The “Confederate Flag”, a rectangular variant of the Battle Flag. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Remember back during the Charleston tragedy, the Confederate flag was taken down from the court house. In a knee-jerk reaction, Walmart and Amazon decided to no longer offer it for sale. My nephew, a man I trust, a man I know to have integrity, …[ read more ]

Your Past Can Be Forgiven: Rahab
@carol_mcclain Is your past unforgiveable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No one chooses this lifestyle. In ancient Israel, women found few avenues of employment. If unmarried or widowed, they very often had to turn to prostitution in order to survive. Who wants to have non-stop sex with strangers? According to the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women: [caption id="attachment_2044" align="alignleft" width="200"] No one's fallen so low that God can't redeem.[/caption] "Rahab, who begins as triply marginalized—Canaanite, woman, and prostitute—moves to the center as bearer of a divine message… ...[ full story ]

Carol McClain