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Category Archives: food
Leaven and Influence
“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened” (Matthew 13:33). “A little leaven leavens the whole lump” (Galatians 5:9; 1 Corinthians 5:6). What is leaven? … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Influence, food, Parables
Tagged 1 Corinthians 5:6, AI, amanda fiegl, baking bread, baking powder, baking soda, bread, carbon dioxide, collinsdictionary.com, fermentation, flour, food, Galatians 5:9, influence, leaven, Matthew 13:33, michael ruhlman, ratios in cooking, salt, smithsonianmag.com, the simple codes behind the craft of everyday cooking, water, yeast
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Spots in Your Love Feast
“These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves” (Jude 12). First, let’s consider what is meant by “love feasts.” These feasts may be thought of as something much like what we … Continue reading
Posted in Fellowship, food, History, Love
Tagged 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22, 2 Peter 2:13, agape feasts, asv, church history, clement of alexandria, discerning, edify, esv, everett ferguson, hebrews 10:24, help, help not hinder, hidden reefs, hidden rocks, Jude 12, love feasts, nasb, Romans 12:1-2, shipwreck faith, spots in love feasts, tertullian, thayer, vine's, wise
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He Provides
“Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day… and the house of Israel called its name manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the … Continue reading
Posted in exodus, food, Type/Antitype
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Refresh Your Hearts
“Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourself under the tree. And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts… So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and … Continue reading
Posted in food, History, Hospitality, Uncategorized
Tagged abraham, abraham and sarah, abraham and sarah's hospitality, Angels, atlasobscura.com, beth mckibben, bread, butter, cake, cale weissman, calf, caribbean, central and south america, entertaining angels, europe, european explorers, Genesis 18-19, Genesis 18:4-8, goat, herb, history pineapple, Hospitality, joseph gazarek, kindness to strangers, lot, lot's hospitality, lydia, manoah and wife, mary and martha, meal, mews.com, new england, new england sea captains, new world, pineapple, pineapple symbol of hospitality, refresh your hearts, sarah, southernkitchen.com, the angel of the Lord, theophany, use of home, use of house, water
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Death in the Pot
“And Elisha returned to Gilgal… and he said to his servant, ‘Put on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.’ So one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, … Continue reading
Posted in food, plants, prophets
Tagged 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22, 2 Kings 2:21, 2 Kings 4:38-41, apple of sodom, book how to lose a kindom, chef, citrullus colocynthis, colocynth, cucumis prophetarium, death in pot, Deuteronomy 32:32, discernment, e.w.g. masterman, ecballium elaterium, elisha, esv study bible, famine, flour, food, good intentions, harmful food, herbs, I.S.B.E., james burton coffman, lxx, michael whitworth, miracle, miracles, miracles of elisha, plants, poison, pot of stew, prophet, Proverbs 14:12, Proverbs 16:25, septuagint, sons of the prophets, stew, stigers, studylight.org, wild cucumber, wild gourd, wild vine
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From Swine’s Food to Fatted Calf
“But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in the land, and he began to be in want. The he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields … Continue reading
Posted in food, Love, Parables, Repentance
Tagged 1892, a.t. robertson, best robe, book will God run, carob tree, charles b. hodge jr., father's love, fatted calf, food, fourfold gospel, Galatians 6:7-8, j.w. mcgarvey, kiss neck, locust tree, lost and found, Luke 15, merry, parable, pay day someday, pharisees and scribes, Repentance, ring, sandals, sin will take you farther than you want to go quote, song: I've Wandered From Home by william j. kirkpatrick, song: Lord I'm Coming Home by william j. kirkpatrick, studylight.org, swine's food, tax collectors and sinners, the lost son, the love of God, the prodigal son, will God run?, William J. Kirkpatrick
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