I was reading the account of the prophet Samuel who “hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord.” ( 1 Samuel 15:33). Â God ordered King Saul to go to war against the Amalekites. Â God had proclaimed judgment against the Amalekites because the Amalekites preyed upon Israel when they were crossing the desert. Â Amalek laid in wait… Continue reading Rules of war
On the front page of the Philippine Daily Inquirer yesterday, Thursday, October 20, 2011, there was a picture right underneath the banner.  It showed two soldiers gritting their teeth after alighting from a helicopter. They were evacuated from the nine-hour gun fight in Basilan against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, (MILF) to a hospital in Zamboanga City.… Continue reading Bitterness and gritting of teeth…