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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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Four Exceedingly Wise Creatures: The Spider (or Lizard)
“The spider skillfully grasps with its hands, and it is in kings’ palaces” (Proverbs 30:28). Translations differ on what animal is intended. Some translations think that the spider is intended (KJV, NKJV). Other translations think that the lizard is intended … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Dedication, Proverbs
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Four Exceedingly Wise Creatures: The Locusts
“The locusts have no king, yet they all advance in ranks” (Proverbs 30:27). Locusts are grasshoppers. All locusts are grasshoppers, but not all grasshoppers are locusts. Grasshoppers are usually solitary creatures. However, weather, such as droughts and floods, and other … Continue reading
Posted in animals, History, Proverbs
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Four Exceedingly Wise Creatures: The Rock Badgers
“The rock badgers are a feeble folk, yet they make their homes in the crags” (Proverbs 30:26). Do not be confused by the word “badger” being a part of this creature’s name. This is not the pugnacious fighter many associate … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Proverbs
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