The Christian and the Omnipresent God

“Surely the Lord is in this place”           — Gen. 28:16 It often happens that covenant children, as Jacob did, leave home the result of their own foolish decisions. There is a redeeming feature about this if those who so leave, also as Jacob, still unite with worshipers of the Lord. Covenant young people, in the right way, may leave home, just so they pass from one oasis to another. Jacob, of course, was confident that God was in these oases, but somewhat as his grandfather he likely thought...