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Quoting from a reliable source, the Ark was made of acacia wood overlaid with gold. Also, the depiction here is highly likely to be wrong, especially since the rings are said to be on the feet! It was 2.5 cubits long, 1.5 cubits wide and high. Above the chest was the Mercy Seat, upon which …
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I find it amazing how even the simplest of God’s commands can be so easily ignored by us. Starting with Adam and Eve, and running all the way through Jesus’ “Great Commission”, we have been told to “go”. And yet – too often – not only do we drag our feet, we refuse to follow …
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Moral (as an adjective) means: “of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes;; capable of conforming to the rules of right conduct: a moral being.” Amoral, on the other hand: “not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; …
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QOTD – “what is your biggest pet peeve?” Examples Gen 4:3-9 – Cain The first crime recorded was Cain’s murdering of his brother Abel because God showed favor to Abel’s offering and not to Cain’s. Cain was a farmer while Abel was an animal herder. After God directly confronts him about his anger and “fallen …
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I am filling-in this week in our Sunday School class LIFE group. So. This week’s “question of the day” is: what is your biggest pet peeve (or two if they’re tied / really close)?

Ezekiel 3:5-7 “For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel, nor to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. But I have sent you to them who should listen to you; yet the house of Israel …
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I came across this post by Dan Edelen yesterday, and want to share it with you. How quick we are to presume we know the whole story! I never noticed the passage in Ezekiel before, either! How many of the things in that list – arrogance, gluttony, apathy, uncaringness/unlovingness, haughtiness – are you and I …
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I Cor 9: 19-27: “For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself …
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The only belief system that must be right is that held by atheists. It’s the only logical conclusion to draw from the available evidence: they are among the most vocal, most argumentative, most defensive, most worried group of people on the planet. If I, a Christian, am wrong about the existence God, what have I …
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We’re worried about peoples’ feelings – and not about being honest and faithful to their souls. We all act like we’re following Paul’s directive: “in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” And we all forget the first half of that verse: “Do nothing from rivalry or conceit”. We live in a false humility when …
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What is the chief end of man? Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. What is God? God is a spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth. If you have ever read the Westminster Shorter Catechism, you, no doubt, are familiar with …
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…it’s what I’m for. I’ve decided that denominations are a good thing – mostly. When they directly describe a confessional or creedal standpoint, they’re great. However, when they become a point to divide Christians over, they’re bad. Very bad. I’m a baptist because I believe that only true believers in Christ should be baptised. I’m …
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It seems that everything I decide to write about here involves prayer. That’s a good thing, though. Since prayer is the means God has given us to communicate with Him, it’s profitable to consider it frequently. My consideration today is on what God will do in extreme situations by dispatching His angels to our aid. …
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I wrote a short series a few months ago about the importance of prayer (1 2 3). Today I am building on that. Just this weekend my church in Mebane hosted Pr Brian Borgman from Minden Nevada who spoke in all three of our services on “The Church Getting Her Hands Dirty”. Something that jumped …
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon is famous for being a Baptist preacher in the 19th century (1834-92). But more interesting than his career of regularly preaching to 10,000+ congregants is how he lived his life outside of ‘merely’ preaching the Bible. Charles was born in Kelvedon, Essex, England on 19 June 1834 as both the son and …
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Prayer is lots of things to the Christian. It’s our communication line to God. It’s our way of providing support to other Christians. It’s also what some have called the ‘weapon of last resort’. Christ has called us to pray for our enemies. He rebuked His disciples for wanting to call down fire on folks …
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