
When the Tribes Shift but Your Identity Doesn’t | The Mid-Week Memo | December 10, 2025
Most of us are familiar with the Bible’s reference to the “12 tribes of Israel.” What’s surprising is that Scripture actually contains 14 tribal names—yet

Most of us are familiar with the Bible’s reference to the “12 tribes of Israel.” What’s surprising is that Scripture actually contains 14 tribal names—yet

This morning, I joined Tommy “Rivs” Puzey on an iFIT walk through Stephen’s Grove in the heart of the California redwoods—towering trunks reached toward heaven,

“For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.” — Hebrews 2:18 ESV When you’re hurting,

“And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.” — Titus

There’s a sobering truth tucked inside Jesus’ words in Luke 6:45: “The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good… for

“For God does speak—now one way, now another—though no one perceives it.” — Job 33:14 God is not silent. He never has been. The Creator

“For God does speak—now one way, now another—though no one perceives it.” — Job 33:14 (NIV) We live in a world flooded with noise. Notifications,

“How can you say, ‘I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley; know what you

“Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.”— Galatians 2:1 (ESV) When Paul references this fourteen-year