run to, not from

by an odj community member on July 17th, 2012 | 2 responses
“How can a young person stay pure? By obeying Your Word” (Psalm 119:9). I don’t think it’s a secret that all of us struggle with purity in some form. So the question in today’s culture is not “if” you will struggle with it, but “how” and “when.” When my father was a boy, it was... read more »

good Christian, bad citizen?

by K. T. Sim on July 17th, 2012 | 4 responses
As a conquered people, the Jews were heavily taxed by the Romans. The annual poll tax of one denarius (a day’s salary for a common laborer), was most hated—not because of its amount, but because it was a shameful reminder that they were a subjugated people. This tax had to be paid with a Roman... read more »