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The Beatitudes: The Poor in Spirit
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:3). The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12) form the first part of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). “Beatitude” is derived from the Latin “beatus” meaning “blessed.” … Continue reading
Posted in beatitudes, Humility, sermon on mount, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged a.m. toplady, attitude, beattitudes, beatus, blessed, church at laodicea, dependance on God, divine favor, fortunate, franklin camp, guy woods, happy, happy v. blessed, humility, kingdom of heaven, makarios, Matthew 5:3, must feel the need or desire to be poor, oliver green, parable of pharisee and tax collector, pharisees, poor in spirit, ptochos, roland leavell, sermon on mount, song rock of ages, v.p. black
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Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Paul: 1 Corinthians 7, Part 1)
“Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage, Textual study
Tagged 1 Corinthians 7:1-9, better to marry than to burn, fornication, it is good not to touch a woman, let each have own wife/ husband, lust, marriage and divorce and remarriage, now concerning, present distress, sexual immorality, should one avoid marriage?, to avoid fornication, what about celibacy?
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Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Paul: Romans 7)
“Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives?” (Romans 7:1). Paul wrote to people who knew about law (the definite … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage, Old Testament/New Testament, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged as long as husband lives, dzao, dze, it lives or he lives?, law of husband, marriage and divorce and remarriage, old testament/new testament, our relationship to old testament, Romans 7:1-4, roy deaver
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Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Jesus: Tested, Part 2)
Jesus made clear that God’s ideal for marriage did not include divorce. His plan was for husband and wife to become one flesh: “Two individuals they are, two personalities; but they are one in love, in aim, in purpose” (Roy … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged a.t. robertson, adultery, adultery defined, aorist present, aorist v. present tense, apoluse, arndt gingrich, b.a.g., better not to marry, born eunuchs, commits abultery, dana mantley, earl edwards, epi porneia, eunuchs for kingdom, except for sexual immorality, excerpt for fornication, figure of speech, fornicaion defined, fornication, freed hardeman university, gamese, general guide rule on marriage, james o. baird, Jesus questioned, kerry duke, made eunuchs by man, Mark 10, marriage and divorce and remarriage, Matthew 19, moichatai, one flesh, penn state university, pennsylvania state univeristy, porneia, prof. craig kallendorf, prof. ed. l. miller, prof. william l. miller, punctilliar v. linear action, sexual immorality, synecdoche, texas a&m university, thayer, the exception, tyler young, university at colorado at boulder, vine's, whoever marries another
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In The News: Hezekiah’s Seal
“On Wednesday (December 2, 2015), archaeologists in Jerusalem announced the discovery of a rare biblical-era seal… According to Hebrew University, the inscription reads: ‘Belonging to Hezekiah [son of] Ahaz King of Judah… the back side of the clay imprint of … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Evidence
Tagged ahab, ahaz, ahaziah, archaeology, averham biram, babylonian rations table, berlin museum, bulla, calah, col.taylor, david found, earnest wiedner, elit mazer, hazael, hebrew university, henry layard, Hezekiah, hezekiah seal, house of david, in the news, Jehoiachin, jehoram, Jehu, new york times, nineveh, omri, reut ben arieh, sennacherib, sennacherib annals, stele, taylor prisim, tel dan, tel dan inscription, the babylonian rations table, the black obelisk of salmaneser iii, the stones cry out, times of israel, tribute of jehu, wayne jackson
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Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Jesus: Tested, Part 1)
“Jesus… came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And great multitudes followed Him… The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage, Textual study
Tagged ancil jenkins, because of the hardness of heart, certificate of divorce, creation, Deuteronomy 24, ethics, from the begging it was not so, herod antipas, Jesus questioned, Jesus tested, john the baptizer, leave and cleave, Mark 10, marriage and divorce and remarriage, Matthew 19, moses, moses permitted divorce, oliver green, pharisees, rabbi hillel, rabbi shammai, roy deaver, test of character, test of consistency, test of courage, what God has joined
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Thrift Stores, Ringing Bells and Red Kettles
The Salvation Army operates thrift stores. These stores resell donated items such as clothing, furniture, household items, and toys. They even have trucks which will pick up donated items from your house. The revenue is used to fund their Adult … Continue reading
Posted in denominations, Doctrine, Fellowship, Giving, Stats
Tagged 1865, 1878, 2014, adult rehabilitatin centers, adult rehabilitation centers, arcs, baptism, bell ringers, benevolence, book handbook of denominations, charity, christian courier, christiancourier.com, christmas shopping, church organization, cooperation in benevolence, denominations, direct operation of the holy spirit, donations, east london christian mission, faith only, fellowship, frank mead, fund raising, fundraising, give, goodwill, helping the poor, instrumental music, Lord's Supper, methodist, new standard encyclopedia, new york, red kettles, salvation army, salvation army thrift stores, salvationarmy.org, soup ans soap and salvation, stat money salvation army raises, stats, temple of diana, total hereditary depravity, unscriptual fund raising, unscriptually organized, wayne jackson, wikipedia, william booth, Women preachers
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Let Us Give Thanks
The book of Psalms is filled with expressions of thanks to God. The words “thanks” and “thanksgiving” appear 30 times in the book of Psalms. Nave’s topical Bible classifies 37 Psalms as Psalms which offer thanksgiving to God (9, 18, … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, God's Providence, psalms, Thanksgiving
Tagged book of Psalms, giving thanks, God's Providence, individual thanksgiving, johnson oatman jr., national thanksgiving, nave's topical Bible, psalms, song count your blessings, specific thanksgiving, thanksgiving, thanksgiving day
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Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Jesus: Sermon on the Mount)
“It has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality (fornication, B.H.) causes her to commit adultery; and … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage, sermon on mount, Textual study
Tagged but I say unto you, causes her to commit adultery, certificate of divorce, concern for spouse, donald carson, except for fornication, except for sexual immorality, lenski, makes her adulterized, makes her commit adultery, marriage and divorce and remarriage, Matthew 5:31-32, sermon on mount, wayne jackson, whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery, you have heard it was said
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