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    Increase our Faith!

    Luke 17:5-6 5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6 He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. So, Jesus is saying a tiny, tiny bit of faith is all you need. He...
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    Cut off her hand...

    In Deuteronomy 25 we have the following: 11 If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, 12 you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity. When reading the OT law, it is important to...
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    Before the beginning of time...

    Hi folks, Titus 1:2 says ‘resting on the hope of eternal life which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time.’ So my question is, where is this promise made? Certainly the promise is referred to and the statement repeated several times in the NT: Eph 1:4 for he chose us...
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    The Lamb of God

    In Rom 8:3 and 2 Cor 5:21 we are told that Jesus is a sin offering. In Leviticus we are told that the sacrifice for sin offerings is goats and bulls. The sacrifice for a guilt offering is a Ram or Lamb. So, why is Jesus called the Lamb of God?
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    Joshua’s long day

    Hi folks, I have been very surprised to read about the controversies surrounding Joshua’s long day and the various explanations put forward to explain how God could stop the sun and moon. It is plain that stopping or slowing the Earth’s spin would create havoc, as the inertia of the oceans and...
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    Balaam’s Donkey. Numbers 22:18-22

    Hi folks, I have always loved this story and of all the possible things to cause a reader problems, I am puzzled by the content of these 5 verses. In verse 18 Balaam makes a declaration that could only be pleasing to God. In verse 19 he asks Balak’s ambassadors to wait, while he enquires of the...