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Six Woes (Isaiah 5)
The house of Israel (Judah) was the LORD’s vineyard (Isaiah 5:1-7). The nation was to bring forth good grapes, but instead it brought forth wild grapes (Isaiah 5:2). It is in this context, six woes are pronounced. Let’s notice… 1. … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, pride, Priorities, prophets, Textual study
Tagged 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22, 2 Peter 3:3-4, 2 Peter 3:9, 2 Timothy 3:4, Acts 10:38, Amos 5:12, bitter for sweet, book principles and perils of leadership, bribes, challenging God, cords of falsehood, cords of vanity, Dennis Prager, disregard for God's law, distinctions of God, entertainment, esv study bible, franklin camp, geed, Hebrews 5:14, hedonism, heroes, homer hailey, Hosea 4:6, how we treat one another, idolatry, Isaiah 5, Isaiah 5:11-17, Isaiah 5:13, Isaiah 5:18-19, Isaiah 5:19, Isaiah 5:20, Isaiah 5:21, Isaiah 5:22-25, Isaiah 5:8-10, Jeremiah 7:15, justice, lack of knowledge, Let him make speed, light for darkness, living for pleasure, Luke 12:15, materialism, Matthew 25, Matthew 7:12, Micah 2:2, Micah 3:2, mighty at wine, mixed up priorities, mixed up values, music, niv study bible, pervert justice, Romans 12:1-2, six woes, the fear of the lord, true wisdom, vineyard of the Lord, wine, woe to those who call evil good and evil, woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, woe to those who follow intoxicating drink, woe to those who join house to house, woe to those wise in their own eyes
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Eternity in the Heart
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from the beginning to end” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). 1. Time “He has made … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiastes, God, life, Man, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 2 Samuel 12:23, 2 Timothy 1:10, abraham, cycle of life, David, Death, distinction between God and man, Ecclesiastes 11:8, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, Ecclesiastes 2:16, ecclesiastes 2:18-19, Ecclesiastes 3:1-ff, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Ecclesiastes 3:17, Ecclesiastes 3:19, Ecclesiastes 5:10, esv study bible, eternity, eternity in heart, family, God, God is in control, God's thoughts higher than man's, He has made everything beautiful, hebrew matsa, Hebrews 11:10, immortality, John 11:23-24, john waddy, joys of life, leaving inheritance, life and nature, longing for something more, martha, not satisfied with silver, silver, Solomon, solomon's authorship, time, to everything there is a season, vanity, wealth, what befalls animals befalls man, wife, wise and fool, work, youth
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5 Great Things: (#3) The Great Responsibility
Johnny Ramsey was one of the instructors when I attended Brown Trail School of Preaching. One of his classes was General Epistles (James – Jude). He taught us to remember each chapter by one key point. He provided the following … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, be ready, Christian Influence, Faith, fear, Hope, preparation, Suffering, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1 Peter 1:14-15, 1 Peter 2:11-12, 1 Peter 2:12, 1 Peter 2:13-17, 1 Peter 2:15, 1 Peter 2:18-25, 1 Peter 3, 1 Peter 3 :13-17, 1 Peter 3:1-2, 1 Peter 3:1-7, 1 Peter 3:13-17, 1 Peter 3:15, 1 Peter 3:16, 1 Peter 3:8-12, 1 Peter 4:15-16, 2 Timothy 3:12, 2 Timothy 4:16, 5 great things, Acts 14:21-22, Acts 25:13-16, always be ready to give answer, always be ready to give defense, apologia, behavior in civic affairs, behavior in work place, behavior when dealing with opponents odf christianity, behavior with brothers and sisters in churst, behavior with family, behavior with gentiles, better felt than told, brown trail school of preaching, Christian conduct, Colossians 4:6, Daniel 6:5, daniel's character, do not be afraid of syria and ephraim, do not fear evil men, do not follow multitude to do evil, Ephesians 4:15, ephraim, esv, esv study bible, faith, fear of God, general epistles, Guy N. Woods, hetoimos, hope, Isaiah *:11-13, Isaiah 7, Isaiah 8:12-13, Jehovah Witnesses, johnny ramsey, key point per chapter, Luke 12:4-5, Luke 14:16-17, Luke 6:26, Mark 14:15, Matthew 10:16-39, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 22:4, Matthew 5:10-12, meekness and fear, meekness before God, nasb, new world translation, niv, niv study bible, no permanent harm, nwt, personal conduct in 1 Peter, perspective, Philippians 1:17, preparation made in advance, proverbial statement, representatives of Christianity, Revelation 2:10, Romans 8:18, Romans 8:31-39, sanctification, sanctify Christ as Lord, sanctify God in heart, suffering, suffering for righteousness sake, syria, textual varient, the great responsibility, Titus 2:7-8, trust and fear the Lord, vine's, who will harm you
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The Sound of Sneezing
The sound one makes when sneezing is natural, and involuntary. Correct? The answer is not exactly. The sound one makes seems to be in large part a learned behavior. The sound emitted is different around the world. Achoo is common … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Influence, culture, Example, God`s word
Tagged 1 corinthians 15:33, 1 John 3:16-18, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Peter 2:21, 2 Peter 3:18, achee, achoo, Acts 4:13, apchki, atchaum, atchim, bbc, beholding in mirror, book basics of biblical greek, charlie swinbourne, companion of fools, conform, conformity, deaf people sneezing, don lewis, eccesiastes 10:10, eichi, emma tracey, english, esv study bible, evil company, example, ezekiel 21:16, faking sneezes, french, from glory to glory, german, great stone face, greek, haching, hakashun, hakshon, hatshi, hatxi, Hebrews 12:1-4, hebrews 12:2, hindi, hopsu, humorous story, influence, involuntary, iron sharpens iron, james chapman, japanese, John 13:34, korean, limpchicken, nathaniel hawthorne, natural and involuntary, natural or learned behavior?, nowiknow, ohiipines, panim, peer pressure, Philippians 2:5, potugese, proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 27:17, robert mounce, russian, sneezing, sneezing across world, the sound of sneezing, theuijunkie, they had been with Jesus, tranformed, turkish, vietnamese, walking with wise, william mounce
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Thoughts From The Prophets: Keep Silence Before Him
“But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him” (Habakkuk 2:20). The context concerns idols. The previous two verses read, “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it, the molded … Continue reading
Posted in prophets, Textual study
Tagged esv study bible, garland elkins, Habakkuk 2:20, homer hailey, idolatry, let all keep silent before him, power lectures, prayer v bible reading, respect, song : the lord is in his holy temple by william j. kirkpatrick, stephen wiggins, the lord is in his holy temple, thomas b. warren, thoughts from the Prophets:
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Suggestions for Bible Students (Part 3)
Wayne Jackson has written, “It is the epitome of folly to ignore the labors of countless Bible scholars across the centuries who have made available, by means of the printed page, the results of their research. One of the wonders … Continue reading →