Introduction It's time Jacob got his due--and I don't mean his punishment. We view his life from the viewpoint of the brother he outsmarted, when that's not the way he should be viewed at all. Esau is not the victim, and Esau's point of view is not a godly one in Scripture. It never was, and Scripture says almost nothing positive about him. On the contrary, Esau is held up as the perfect negative example of one who lived entirely for his flesh and despised eternal values

Genesis 24: A divine moment, centuries in the making . . . This thrilling narrative of romance and journey is not only the longest...

The spooky squeal of haunted brakes, The death rattle wailing down the rails-- A late-night train Flies off the compass...

If Edgar Allan Poe, arguably America's most famous author, could say that the most poetic subject is the death of a beautiful woman, we...

Pity the person who is afraid of the quiet. "It's too quiet in here," Sometimes I have heard students say across the years...

You wrapped your living soul around a lie; A slow decay crept forward, causing truth to die. The death you chose was poignant, after all— Like earth from Eden after Adam’s fall. So, yes, you fell—and dared the crowd to roar; You cloaked defeat in grace and asked for more— More limelight, glory, status, fame, and power, More glamour for the light you lost that hour— That fateful hour that lengthened into day, The heavy dusk that carried

From little creatures' throats and wings, From heaven's doors ajar, Come pleasant sounds and hearts that sing-- For my...

Pit bulls Lick My sweating tracks In bloody greed. Above the gorge I sway on tiptoe-- An icicle...

I watched them enter lordly, prim. They stopped beside the offering bowl And slung their noisy pursefuls in. They have so...

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