Syncretism is the merger of different, and at times, contradictory religious practices, faith, and beliefs in order to reconcile different religious traditions found within a community and in order……
Leprosy in biblical times covered numerous infectious skin diseases (Leviticus 13). Anyone with a virulent skin condition was deemed unclean by the priests and, by law, was banished from society (Numbers 5:2). These ten lepers most likely formed their own little community outside the village.…
This post was first published in August, 2017. —ed. Most of us have endured the tragedy of watching people we counted as spiritual brothers and sisters leave the church and turn their backs on Christ. It is heartbreaking to see friends and loved ones reject the Savior and instead pursue sin. When we think of …