Deception is any statement or action that hides the truth.

God chose us to be caretakers of the earth, responsible for its flourishing.

Although I often felt captive where I resided, the heart of gangland, I didn’t have to be a prisoner.

Herod probably didn’t get twisted in knots about a virgin birth or about old prophecies. Herod’s problem wasn’t belief. It was pride.

The nativity story may be the most familiar one in the Bible, which makes it prone for us to fall prey to “The Lullaby Effect.”

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and sound mind.