שים שלום - Tag - In a past life… https://archive.jtimothyking.com/tags/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D/ שים שלום - Tag - In a past life… Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 17 Jan 2011 16:00:31 +0000 Peace from the Ashes https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2011/01/17/peace-from-the-ashes/ Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:00:31 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2011/01/17/peace-from-the-ashes/
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Note: This post is an extended version of the comments I made at church a couple weeks ago.

Many of us have heard of the “peace that transcends all understanding,” from one of the most famous snippets of the New Testament: “and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds…” (Philippians 4:7)

But I don’t know that we have a realistic conception of what that “peace” is. It’s not “peace and quiet,” as we often think in English. Not an inner calm, well not directly, anyhow. It can overlap with “peace and quiet,” because if you’re at peace, you’re not in turmoil. But most of the time in the Bible, when you read “peace,” it usually refers to something slightly different than “peace and quiet.”

]]> A Song to Bring Peace (Music Video) https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2010/02/24/a-song-to-bring-peace-music-video/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:00:36 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2010/02/24/a-song-to-bring-peace-music-video/ One of my FaceBook friends posted this music video of an Israeli pop song by drummer Gil Ladin, and it quickly captivated my ear. I wasted enough time listening to it that I figured it demanded it’s own blog post.

The words of the chorus are based on an old Hebrew prayer: Establish peace, goodness, and blessing, grace and kindness and compassion, upon us and upon all Israel, your people.

He turned it into a song for peace for the world:

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