Shaq caught wind of this 7-foot-3 kid in Kemah, Texas who powered through the police academy only to fall one point short on the state exam. His whole dream of becoming an officer looked like it was slipping away right there.
Then Shaq jumped in and covered the guy’s living expenses for the next five months so he wouldn’t have to juggle a second job and could zero in on passing that test. Because of that extra push, Jordan Wilmore got back in, nailed it, and just got sworn in as a Kemah police officer.
John 21.
One of my favorite details in the New Testament:
When the disciples find Jesus making breakfast, he is cooking over a charcoal fire.
The word for charcoal fire—anthrakian—is only used one other time in the NT: When Peter warms his hands as he denies Jesus.
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For centuries, Bible critics have argued Exodus never happened. It was even argued that the Israelites were never even in Egypt.
But the truth has a fascinating way of revealing itself over time. I'm just gonna keep saying it... the Bible really happened.
As an Ex-Muslim, let me explain a rabbinic mystery that points straight at the Trinity I used to mock.
The most important prayer in Judaism is the Shema: “Hear O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one.” Deuteronomy 6:4.
I used to quote this AGAINST Christians. “See? God is ONE!”
But here’s what I didn’t know. The Hebrew word for “one” there is echad.
And echad isn’t always a solitary one. When the Bible says a man and wife become “one flesh” — that’s echad. Genesis 2:24. Two becoming a unity.
When the people acted “as one man” — echad. A unified many.
There’s a different Hebrew word for absolute, solitary oneness — yachid.
And God did NOT use it in the Shema.
He chose echad. Compound unity. Plural oneness.
So it flipped on me…
The verse I used to disprove the Trinity was secretly the door to it.
And in Genesis, God says “Let US make man in OUR image.” Genesis 1:26. Us. Our. From the very first chapter.
I was using the oneness of God to fight the Gospel.
But His oneness was never the flat, solitary kind.
It was always rich enough to hold a Father, a Son, and a Spirit.
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