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Life is More Than Food
“Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing” (Luke 12:22). Let’s consider the context. (1) Jesus warned, “One’s life does not consist in the abundance of things he possesses” (Luke 12:15). (2) Jesus told The Parable … Continue reading
Posted in food, Priorities
Tagged as the deer, Clothing, desire, Deuteronomy 8:3, food, give us our daily bread, hunger and thirst, hunger and thirst after righteousness, Job 23:12, life is more than food, Luke 12:22, man shall not live by bread alone, matthew 4:4, Matthew 5:6, Matthew 6:11, priorities, Psalm 42:1-2, righteousness, the body is more than clothing, the rich fool
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Seasoned With Salt
“Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one” (Colossians 4:6). Salt has many usages. When it comes to food, let’s consider two: (1) Salt can be used … Continue reading
Posted in food, Tongue
Tagged amish, bacteria, bbc, bbc science focus, bitter, Colossians 4:6, cured meat, eatcuredmeat.com, edification, elias yoder, elias yoder amish, food, how salt enhances flavor, Jesus speaking to others, luis villazon, salt, salt enhances flavor, salt preserves food, sciencefocus.com, scienceinsights.org, seasoned with salt, sweety, tom meuller, umami, what is cured meat, words seasoned with salt
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My Food
“His disciples urged Him saying, ‘Rabbi, eat.’ But He said to them, ‘I have food to eat of which you do not know’ Therefore the disciples said to one another, ‘Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?’ Jesus said to … Continue reading
Posted in evangelism, food, Priorities, Soul Winning
Tagged bw johnson, doing will of the Father, evangelism, food, jacob's well, John 4:31-34, jw mcgarvey, my food, priorities, robert taylor jr, samaria, samaritan woman, Soul Winning, the book of John, the fourfold gospel, the people's new testament
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Rain and Fruitful Seasons
“Nevertheless, He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness” (Acts 14:17). Food and gladness seem to go together (e.g. Acts 14:17; … Continue reading
Posted in food, God, Thanksgiving
Tagged 1 Timothy 4:4, 1 Timothy 6:17, Acts 14:17, Ecclesiastes 3:12-13, food, food and gladness, fruitful seasons, give thanks, gladness, God sends rain, God sustains us, good company, Joel 1:16, love, Matthew 5:45, Proverbs 15:17, Proverbs 17:1, Psalms 104:14-15, rain, rain and fruitful seasons
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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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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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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
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