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Dreams from The Holy: A Dream of the Future (Is. 40:1-31)

In Is. 39:5-6 Isaiah delivers bad news: 5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD Almighty: 6 The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. (Is. 39:5-6 TNIV).  Isaiah the prophet had to tell Hezekiah the king that tough times were coming—the city of Jerusalem would be attacked and its possessions and people dragged off to Babylon.  Tough times were coming.  Times of great struggle.  Times of great weakness.

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Three Cultural Myths About Pain and Suffering

 

Have you ever been to the Brookstone store?  My family loves to go to there.  Jacob and Jordan take their shoes off and try out every foot massager.  Kendra and I sit down in every one of the body massaging chairs and let the mechanical fingers work their magic.  Jacob, who has no shame, will climb up on the mattress made of NASA-developed memory foam and stretch out.  And I love just looking at their gadgets: bright-as-the-sun micro-flashlights for your keychain; range-finders so you can tell how far the next hole is on the golf-course; and even anti-gravity pens (used by the astronauts) which let you write upside down.  It’s a store centered on comfort—trying to make life as comfortable as possible.Read More »Three Cultural Myths About Pain and Suffering