“…The people of Israel will learn not to stray from me, polluting themselves with sin. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!’” (Ezekiel 14:11) We are grateful to the wonderful people in the world who diligently care for the earth and fight for a clean, polution-free planet.…

May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us or abandon us. May he give us the desire to do his will in everything and to obey all the commands, decrees, and regulations that he gave our ancestors. And may these words that I have…

O Israel, trust the Lord!     He is your helper and your shield. priests, descendants of Aaron, trust the Lord!     He is your helper and your shield. All you who fear the Lord, trust the Lord!     He is your helper and your shield. (Psalm 115:9-11) Three times in close succession,…

“If you say to this mountain…” (Mark 11:23)  There is something odd about some of Jesus’ prayers: They are not “prayers” in a literal sense. They are directives aimed not toward God but toward situations or objects in the world. Once you see this, you see it everywhere in the Gospels. Mmm.  And Jesus isn’t…

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