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Category Archives: Man
Self Acceptance
“A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself” (Axel Munthe). Oh, how true this is. The society in which we live seems to be filled with people both young and old, who are displeased with themselves. They … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Love, Man
Tagged angelina jolie, appearance, arnold schwarzengger, axel munthe, beyonce, blake shelton, body image, brad pitt, christian bale, christie brinkley, fearfully and wonderfully made, loving self, outward v. inward beauty, self acceptance, self esteem, tyra banks
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How Are We Tempted? ( Part one)
In medicine, the more that is known about how a disease is contracted, the better prepared one is to avoid it. In security, the more one understands how the employees or customers steal, the more prepared the company is to … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Man, pride, Sin, Temptation, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1 John 2, love not world, lust, lust of eye, lust of flesh, man natural appetites, man's senses, pride of life, tempation, things of world, uses of word world, vain glory
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The Nature of Man
The Jehovah Witnesses, The Seventh-Day Adventists and others believe that man has no eternal nature. They believe that when man dies, that he is “dead like Rover, dead all over”. They are materialists. Spirit Materialists define “spirit” as “God’s active … Continue reading
Posted in Jehovah Witnesses, Man, Seventh Day Adventists
Tagged consciousness after death, dead know nothing, dead like rover/ dead all over, difference between hades and grave, difference between sheol and grave, does man have an eternal nature, Ecclesiastes 9, grave, is hades the grave, is sheol the grave, Jehovah Witnesses, life after death, materialist, mnemion, nature of man, Psalm 146, qeber, rich man and lazarus a parable, seventh day adventist, sheol and hades, soul and spirit
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Comfort in Suffering
God created this world with certain physical properties. God also allows man to have freedom in how he uses this world with its physical properties. Therefore, it is possible for pain and suffering to exist. Illustration – “sticks and stones … Continue reading
Posted in Endurance, Hope, Man, Suffering
Tagged comfort, encouraging passages, goals, helping others, helping self, hope, job's friends, man born blind, prayer listening, suffering
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Man: Soul and Spirit
What, if anything, is the difference in these two terms? Is man composed of two parts (the outward man, i.e., the human body; The inward man, i.e. spirit or soul – these words being used interchangeably)? Or, is man composed … Continue reading
Posted in Jehovah Witnesses, Man, Word Study
Tagged body, body as tent, difference btween soul and spirit, ghost, inward man, nephesh, outward man, pneuma, psuche, rauch, soul, spirit
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Man: Sinful Nature
Do we have a sinful inborn nature? The NIV evidently thinks so for it “translates” the term sarx 25 times into English “sinful nature.” The KJV, 148 out of 151 occurrences renders the term “flesh.” The remaining 3 times it is … Continue reading
Seeing God in Nature
“Have you ever stood at the ocean with the white foam at your feet, felt the endless thundering motion? Then, I say, you’ve seen Jesus my Lord. / Have you ever stood at the sunset with the sky mellowing red, … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, God, God's Providence, Man, Nature, Stats, Weather, Word Study
Tagged benefits of lightening, bert thompson, birds, book genesis for kids, break cedars, bridegroom from chamber, calf, caligula, carl sagan, cedars of lebanon, charles spurgeon, count stars, deer gives birth, distance to center of galaxy, distance to moon, distance to nearest star, distance to sun, divides flames of fire, donald deyoung, doug lambier, expanse, expedite percipitation, figure of speech, firmament, God reveals through nature, God's care of man, God's Providence, grass of field, hind, how many stars, lessons from nature, lillies, Matthew 6, matthew henry, metonymy, milky way, nature, nature walk, nitrogen, number of thunderstorms at any time, phenomenal language, power of lightening, power of thunderstorm, Psalm 19, Psalm 29, Psalm 8, robert stevenson, robert taylor jr., roy deaver, shakes earth, size of sun, star gazing, storm chasing, storm watching, strip forest, strong man run race, suetonius, sun bathing, sun rise, sun set, sun's orbit, the voice of the LORD, universe, vastness of space, walk in the park, wayne jackson, weather, weather book, young ox
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The Whole of Man
“We go to bed late, we get up early, we go to work, we drive home, eat and go to bed, to get up early, to go to work, to come home ad nausea. And as if that were not … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiastes, Man, Meaning and Purpose, stewardship, Textual study, Wealth, youth
Tagged duty, Eccesiasties, fear, john stossel, meaning, money, purpose, serve God in youth, sherry gagliardi, Solomon, stephen lloyd, wealth, whole, women
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