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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Certainly, you remember the day in June 2015 when the White House was shrouded in color. With only six colors, it wasn’t a rainbow. It was one short of God’s seven-colored rainbow. (Read: Why Does the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Most Christians believe that the Bible teaches we are a trichotomy, a three-part being, made up of 1. body and 2. soul, and 3. spirit. However, some Christians hold to a view that man is only a two-part being 1)...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We’ve covered Sheol, Hades, Hell, the Place of Torment, and we even talked about the place of comfort before the cross, Abraham’s Bosom (Read here: Sheol, Hell, Place of Torment? What & Where Are...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. What did Jesus call Joseph? The Bible provides no record of Jesus addressing Joseph in any way, and the only recorded uses of “Father” by Jesus are in reference to God the Father. Jesus spoke of God the Father as...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Sheol, Hades, Hell, the Place of Torment, the Abyss, the Bottomless Pit, Tartarus, Gehenna, the Lake of Fire and Outer Darkness are all the names of places of punishment and death. What do we know about them?...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Faith is defined by dictionary.com as 1. confidence or trust in a person or thing, 2. belief that is not based on proof, 3. belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion: Faith is defined by the Bible...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. So, how is your year going? (That’s not our important question. Please read on.) As the winter and spring months draw to a close, everyone would agree that the sunshine and warm weather of summer is greatly...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We’ve all heard it said, “I don’t have the gift of evangelism, so I can’t witness.” But is that true? Are some given this “gift” and others are not? Is evangelism a gift? What is Evangelism? Modern...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Ever since Satan rebelled against God, he has been waging war against Him, His angels, and His people. Let’s contrast the Five I Will Statements of Satan’s rebellion with the five I Will statements of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Many pastors and Bible teachers have commented from Matthew 11:2-6 that “even John the Baptist had doubts about Jesus?” But is that true? One well known Bible teacher even went so far as to ask, “ Was John in...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Israel is 70 Years Young On May 14, 1948, the nation of Israel was “re-born” in a day with the termination of the 1922 British Mandate (preceded by the Balfour Declaration) and the proclamation of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. (“Glorious Day” Video Below) The word “resurrect” is defined as “to restore a dead person to life.” While Jesus was not the only person brought back from death to life by...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. What’s a Remez? In Jewish hermeneutics (interpretation of Scripture), a remez is a hidden message or a deeper meaning. It’s said to be a “treasure” that is found below the surface of, or behind, the words. ...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Psalm 151? You won’t find it in most Bibles. Most people don’t know it exists. Who wrote this psalm? What’s it all about? Should it be included in the Bible? The Book of Psalms, in the Hebrew Scriptures and the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Clearly, fear is not of God. Throughout the Bible, God commands that we “fear not.” God said it it directly to His people (Gen 15:1, Josh 8:1, Isa 41:10, 13, Mat 14:27, Acts 18:9, Rev 1:17, et.al,)....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Watch Video Below] With the advent of the social media, seeking to belong has become a full-time obsession. Facebook has created an online “world,” built by connecting with friends and family. In...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In the past, we’ve shared many remezes that are tucked into the Bible. What’s a remez? A remez is a Hebrew word meaning “hint” used in reference to typological or allegorical interpretations in Jewish...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Many think the book of Numbers is difficult to read. It has long lists of difficult-to-pronounce names that seem to mean very little in the story Bible. However, we know that every word God has written is...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. When the Lord led His people out of Egypt, He set them on a journey—a journey that would lead them to a place where He would meet with them — a mountaintop called Sinai. Before we “look” for...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “The Middle” has been a popular TV sitcom since its premiere in September 2009. The parents in the Heck family are middle-aged, middle-class, middle-Americans with three children. The show has followed...
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