Menorah vs Hanukkiah: What’s the Difference?

It's Hanukkah, the joyous Feast of Dedication in which Jews remember the miracle of God in rededication of the Temple in about 165 BC. The Maccabees rose up to revolt against the Seleucids who turned their Temple into a desecrated den of idols! If you know anything about the ancient Temple, you know there was …

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What Happens When God’s Word Pierces the Heart?

On this blessed Lord's Day, I pray you are deeply impacted by this young woman competing in the National Bible Bee. Not only is she able to hear a short Bible phrase, then reel off the entire passage, but something incredible happens in this amazing moment. Oh that we would allow God's Word to accomplish …

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Giving Praise, Worship and Thanks to God Today

Happy Thanksgiving! Despite what we see in our government and society today, America remains the greatest nation on earth. Not because we deserve it, but because God saw fit to establish two nations on the foundation of His Word. He established Israel through the lineage of Abraham and the law of Moses. Then, many years …

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Does Thanksgiving have Jewish Roots and a Biblical Foundation?

Perhaps you are aware that America was founded on Christian principles. But have you ever heard of the Hebrew republic? Believe it or not, the bottom-up method of government, whereby the people rule rather than a king, was actually a Hebrew concept upon which the Biblical foundation of our nation was laid! There is no …

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