Saturday February 28
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The Gifts Pipeline
Consider how many of God’s greatest gifts to humanity flowed through the pipeline of Israel. Western civilization goes hand in hand with Judeo-Christian values. Many others also helped create the culture we now enjoy, including the Greeks and the Romans. But ultimately, the best part of the civilization built and bequeathed to us by our ancestors, rests on the shoulders of Abraham, Moses, and, most of all, Jesus. The idea of human rights and the dignity of each person did not originate with the Declaration of Independence, the Renaissance, the Magna Carta, or the Cyrus Cylinder. The foundation of our rights comes from our ancestors’ belief in Genesis 1:27.
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The Tables Are Turning
The coming feast of Purim is perfectly timed to remind the Jewish people that God has their back. The feast recalls the great deliverance of the Jews at the time of King Xerxes (486-465 BC) when a lot (pur) was cast to decide the date on which to massacre them. But it was averted through the courageous intervention of Queen Esther, an orphan brought up by her cousin/guardian Mordecai.
