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Harold Calvo

Can Success Lead Us Away from the Creator?

If our children hear us take full credit for every success, they may learn to see life as a pursuit of recognition. If they see us work diligently while remaining grateful, they will understand that achievement is an opportunity to honor Yehovah. Yehovah warns His people about a quiet danger that often appears when hardship gives way to abundance: forgetting

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Tzvi ben Daniel

How to Escape the Beast System

When the Beast system tightens its grip, believers must discern when to fight, when to flee, and how to overcome fear by placing their trust in the eternal Kingdom of Yehovah. With governments imposing increasing regulations and restrictions on people around the world—conditions that more closely resemble the dystopian nightmare portrayed in George Orwell’s 1984 with each passing day—it can

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Miguel Forero

Returning to Eden’s Choice

In many respects, the entire story of Scripture is the account of what Yehovah has done to give humanity another opportunity to return to the place where our forefather Adam first turned away from Him. Throughout Scripture—but especially in the Torah (the Pentateuch)—we find laws and commandments that, at first glance, seem difficult to understand. Some may even appear arbitrary.

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Miguel Forero

When Tears Alone Are Not Enough

Not every tear is pleasing to Yehovah. Discover the difference between tears born of repentance, hope, and unbelief—and why faith, not emotion, is what truly moves the heart of the Creator.

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Miguel Forero

The Tragedy of Selling the Truth

Balaam reminds us that one of the greatest forms of self-deception is not ignorance of the truth, but the persistent search for an exception that permits us to follow our own desires.

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