James 1:22-25. But prove yourselves doers of the word; and not merely hearers who delude themselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he ...
In women, the modern west exclusively values youth. Our overpowering cultural narrative is fix your wrinkles, dye your hair, lose the weight, get the facelift. Paula Freolich, writing for The Free Press, tells an anecdote:
Over the summer I was at a dinner party in the ...
Hannah’s fervent longing to conceive a child was intense despite her barrenness. Every year, she journeyed with her husband Elkanah to Shiloh, the site of the tabernacle, where she earnestly sought God’s assistance through prayer. In the course of her supplication, she made ...
