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Remember Your Creator
“Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth” (Ecclesiastes 12:1). The writer goes on to say in effect, “Do so before…” 1. The Light goes out. “While the sun and the light, the moon and the stars, are … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Ecclesiastes, Judgment, life, Man, Textual study, Time, youth
Tagged afraid of falling, afraid of heights, almond tree blossoms, aphrodisiac, back, back bent, balance, bending or weakness occurs, burdened by small things, cant sleep, caperberry, cataracts, clouds return, Death, death comes, dental problems, desire fails, dexterity, difficulties linger, door shut in streets, ears, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiastes 12:1-7, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, end of life, eternal home, eyes, eyesight, fingers, food, food lost taste, give God your best, glaucoma, good nights sleep, grasshopper, grasshopper a burden, grinders cease, grinding low, hyperbole, interest in life, john waddy, judgment, keepers of house trembles, legs, light goes out, loss of taste, loss of teeth, lung capacity, lxx, m.d., m.s., man's all, man's completeness, man's whole, mourners in streets, muscular dystrophy, muscular sclerosis, muscular weakness, musical ability gone, musical appreciation gone, parkinson's disease, pitcher broken, rain, remember your creator, rise at sound of birds, septuagint, serve God before..., sexual desire, shakiness, silver cord broken, sound ceases, stong men bow down, sun darkened, sun moon stars, terrors in the way, the days of your youth, the golden bowl broken, time, trembling comes, vision dims, vocal cords, voice, wheel broken, white hair apprears, windlass, windlass broken, window grows dim, youth, zest for life
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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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Love Those Lentils!
“Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. And Esau said to Jacob, ‘Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.’ Therefore his name was called Edom. But … Continue reading
Posted in food, Priorities
Tagged birthright, choices, delayed gratification, double portion, edom, esau, Firstborn, food, foolish trade, Genesis, Genesis 25:29-34, Hebrews 12:14-17, immediate gratification, jacob, lentiles, Mark 8:36-37, one morsel of food, priorities, red stew, sell birthright
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Without
There are things that man must have for physical survival. He cannot survive very long without them. “How long can we survive without the basics? Every person and situation is different, though the ‘rule of threes’ gets at the desperate … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Hebrews, salvation, Word Study
Tagged abraham, actions, air, ambition, bagd, book of Hebrews, businessinsider.com, cant do without, christian living, desire, endure hardships, faith, figure of speech, focus, food, Hebrews 11:6, Hebrews 12:14, Hebrews 9:22, holiness, lifestyle, moses, Noah, peace, record fast, record holding breath, records, robert milligan, rule of threes, sean kane, song without Him, synecdoche, talmud, water, without, without blood, without faith, without peace and holiness, world record
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Thanksgiving
A true Christian should not need the government to set aside one day per year as “Thanksgiving Day” to remember to be thankful. In fact, our lives should exude thankfulness and should be characterized by thanksgiving. 1 Thessalonians 5:18, “In … Continue reading
Posted in holiday, Thanksgiving
Tagged brthren, example, family, food, for what should we be thankful, holiday, paul thanked God for good done by brethren, physical blessings, Revelation, salvation, spiritual blessings, thanksgiving day, to Whom we should be thankful, what He has allowed us to become, who should be thankful
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The Testing of Israel
Some have wondered – why God did not better supply the children of Israel as they journeyed towards the promised land. At times, they went without adequate water (Exodus 17:3; Numbers 20:2). At times, they hungered (Exodus 16:3; Deuteronomy 8:3). Now, it … Continue reading
Ethics: The Environment and Animals
There is a great divide in humanity over man’s usage of the environment and animals. This divide has led to terrorism. “During the past two decades, radical environmental and animal rights groups have claimed responsibility for hundreds of crimes and … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, History, Nature, Stats, stewardship, Technology
Tagged animal rights, animals, bill maher, chris derose, cleveland amory, clothes, enviornmentalism, food, fruit, nature, polution, produce, shelter, stewardship, terrorism, tom regan, work
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Ethics: Body and Brain I
God has given each of us just one body, and one brain. We can wisely use or abuse what He has given us. We can choose to be good stewards or squanderers of His gift of life. We are not … Continue reading
Posted in drugs, Ethics, History, Stats, stewardship
Tagged anorexia, average american, brain, coca, cocaine, drugs, elvis presley, food, heroin, human body, karen carpenter, lsd, lynn bias, marijuana, medical use, meth, michael jackson, opium, oxycontin, rush limbaugh, smoking, stats, steroids, stewardship, tobacco, vicoden
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Why?
An elderly couple returning from visiting family are killed in a car crash. A young family is killed when a tornado rips through their house. A young mother is swept away by a tsunami. A young father is killed in … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Endurance, Suffering
Tagged alcohol, amnon, arrogance, brevity of life, car crashes, child abuse, dog attack, drugs, effects of flood, effects of past generations, Endurance, fire, food, gravity, humble, hurricane, Jesus, job, kerry duke, murder, natural disaster, noah's flood, opportunity to repent, pray, pride, promiscuity, reasons for suffering, s.t.d., satan's attacks, self inflicted woes, smoking, spousal abuse, stephen, sticks and stones, suffering, tamar, toby keith, tornado, tsunami, uncertainty of life, value of pain, volitional balance, water, why
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