NOT MADE FOR DEFEAT

Ernest Hemingway wrote, “Man is not made for defeat.” Now don’t jump to the wrong conclusion! I have never read “The Old Man and the Sea,” but I did pause on a channel showing an old classic film based on Hemingway’s work. That’s where I heard the quote. Let me take the liberty to modify the quote to fit you and me, fellow believers. In the Lord Jesus Christ, as new creatures, we...

DEFEAT OR VICTORY

“But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to the devoted things; Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of them.  So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel.  Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth Aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the region.”  So the men went up and spied out Ai. ...