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The God Squad: More thoughts on climbing the same mountain to God…
Q: I feel we head up the mountain before we know we are looking for God. He knows us and he’s trying to clue us in. But we are a bit self-absorbed lot, we humans. We have spiritual ADHD. We hike around and up and down the “mountain” making twists and wrong turns.
Hopefully, we at some point get tired and realize there is something bigger...Read more

The God Squad: The Dalai Lama on mountain climbing
My column on John 14:6 (“I am the way the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except through me.”) continues to generate thoughtful and loving responses by many readers. There were a few comments that let me know in strong language that as a Jew I have no chance to get to Heaven. To each of them I responded, “Maybe so but ...Read more

The God Squad: Many responses to whether there are many paths up the same mountain to God
Q: Many years ago my oldest son was attending confirmation class at our local Lutheran church in Seaford. Someone told him that Jews weren’t allowed in Heaven. This made him both very angry and very sad as his grandfather (my father) was Jewish. He went to the pastor’s office to ask if this was true. The Reverend had a very simple answer...Read more

The God Squad: Are we all on the same mountain?
Thank you, dear readers, for your thoughtful comments about my column in which I said that we are all climbing on the same mountain up to God just on different paths. I appreciate those of you who do not believe this to be true. For Christians the proof text for Christian exclusivity is John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No ...Read more
Meditation 9/25 - 10/1 - The Lord's Servant CEV
Everyone, listen,
even you foreign nations
across the sea.
The LORD chose me
and gave me a name
before I was born.
He made my words pierce
like a sharp sword
or a pointed arrow;
he kept me safely hidden
in the palm of his hand.
The LORD said to me,
"Israel, you are my servant;
and ...Read more
Looking Unto Jesus: Our God and Saviour!
Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of
the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13 KJV
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My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation.
He is my stronghold, my refuge and my
savior-- from violent men you save me.
2 Samuel 22:3 NIV...Read more
Meditation 9/21 - 10/1 - The Lord's Servant CEV
Everyone, listen,
even you foreign nations
across the sea.
The LORD chose me
and gave me a name
before I was born.
He made my words pierce
like a sharp sword
or a pointed arrow;
he kept me safely hidden
in the palm of his hand.
The LORD said to me,
"Israel, you are my servant;
and ...Read more
Looking Unto Jesus: Our God and Saviour!
Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of
the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13 KJV
_______________
My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation.
He is my stronghold, my refuge and my
savior-- from violent men you save me.
2 Samuel 22:3 NIV...Read more
Meditation 9/25 - 10/1 - The Lord's Servant NLT
Listen to me, all of you in far-off lands!
The LORD called me before my birth;
from within the womb he called me by name.
He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword.
He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand.
I am like a sharp arrow in his quiver.
He said to me, "You are my servant, Israel,
and you will bring ...Read more
Looking Unto Jesus: Our God and Saviour!
Looking unto Jesus!
Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of
the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13 KJV
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And because of his words many more became believers. They said to the woman, "We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and...Read more
Meditation 9/25 - 10/1 - The Lord's Servant MSG
Listen, far-flung islands,
pay attention, faraway people:
GOD put me to work from the day I was born.
The moment I entered the world he named me.
He gave me speech that would cut and penetrate.
He kept his hand on me to protect me.
He made me his straight arrow
and hid me in his quiver.
He said to me, "You're my dear ...Read more
Looking Unto Jesus!
Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of
the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13 KJV
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Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
Ephesians 5:23 NIV
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And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and ...Read more
Meditation 9/25 - 10/1 - The Lord's Servant NASB
Listen to Me, O islands,
And pay attention, you peoples from afar.
The LORD called Me from the womb;
From the body of My mother He named Me.
He has made My mouth like a sharp sword,
In the shadow of His hand He has concealed Me;
And He has also made Me a select arrow,
He has hidden Me in His quiver.
He said to Me, "...Read more
Looking for that blessed hope
Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of
the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13 KJV
_______________
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress,
why are you like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who stays only a night?
Jeremiah 14:8 NIV
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Turn ...Read more
Meditation 9/25 - 10/1- The Lord's Servant NASB
Listen to Me, O islands,
And pay attention, you peoples from afar.
The LORD called Me from the womb;
From the body of My mother He named Me.
He has made My mouth like a sharp sword,
In the shadow of His hand He has concealed Me;
And He has also made Me a select arrow,
He has hidden Me in His quiver.
He said to Me, "...Read more
Looking for that blessed hope
Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of
the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13 KJV
_______________
Declare what is to be, present it-- let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart ...Read more
Meditation 9/25 - 10/1 - The Lord's Servant NASB
Listen to Me, O islands, And pay attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called Me from the womb; From the body of My mother He named Me.
He has made My mouth like a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He has concealed Me; And He has also made Me a select arrow, He has hidden Me in His quiver.
He said to Me, "You are My Servant, Israel, ...Read more
I will see the goodness of the LORD
I am still confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.
Psalm 27:13,14 NIV
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For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
But though He cause grief,
yet will He have compassion
...Read more
Meditation 9/25 - 10/1 - The Lord's Servant KJV
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people,
from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb;
from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention
of my name.
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword;
in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me,
and made me a polished shaft;
in his quiver hath he hid me;
And ...Read more
God Will Send a Saviour
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13 KJV
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And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, ...Read more
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