NCarolinian

Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:27 actually describes the story of Gideon quite accurately when he said, "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;" (King James Version). Gideon was not a very confident person in himself or the Lord. Yet, the Scripture begins his story with him trying to destroy the winepress of the enemy of the land – the Midianites – by threshing wheat in their winepress (Judges 6:11) . Enter the Lord – “When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, ‘The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.’” (Judges 6:12) Allow me to dissect the Lord’s introduction, albeit a simple and short greeting, the approach is loaded with significance. After the Lord introduces Himself (“The Lord”) , Jesus, “The Angel of the Lord” , comforts Gideon by stating He, The Lord “is with you” . Then Jesus not only gives him a grand title but within this title declar...

          Unity is so important. "Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.' " (Matthew 12:25)          I feel like there are too many designations, divisions and classifications in our society that continually fight against - we the people.  America has definitely moved away from being one nation under God to one nation under many gods and/or distractions. The color of your skin and one's gender have not only distracted us from moving forward and progressing as a leading nation, but set the spirit of confusion over the country as well.            Unfortunately, that same strife infected The Church many years ago, about the time America was being born.  Christians have branches called Denominations (i.e. Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, etc...) because of disagreemen...