Posts with the tag “caleb”

Ralph Waldo Emerson identified the rarest of human capacities: the ability to be surrounded by opinion, pressure, and consensus and still know your own mind. He called it keeping the independence of solitude in the midst of the crowd. Twelve spies saw the same land. Ten came back saying it cannot be done. Two came back saying we will surely overcome it. The crowd followed the ten. It always follows the ten. Scripture says the final generation before the return of Jesus will be characterized by many being misled and most people's love growing cold. The crowd, in the last days, will include many who call themselves believers. Which means the independence of solitude is not a personality trait. It is a prophetic necessity. Read the full post.  Read More