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- ● Jer 31:31-34 . . Behold, the days are coming, declares The Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant...

- Paul wrote a curious comment in one of his letters to the Christians at Corinth that goes like this: "We know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this house we groan, longing...

- I frequently encounter people online who are interested in reading some of the Bible but don't know where to begin. Well; I suggest the little books of Ruth and Esther. They're brief and they're entertaining. And afterwards; maybe just enough chapters of Matthew and Luke to get a first-hand...

- I frequently encounter people online who are interested in reading some of the Bible but don't know where to begin. Well; I suggest the little books of Ruth and Esther. They're brief and they're entertaining. And afterwards; maybe just enough chapters of Matthew and Luke to get a first-hand...

- ● Acts 1:1-3 . . The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom he had chosen. To these he also presented himself alive, after his suffering, by many...

- There lacks a universal consensus regarding the nature of Jesus Christ's resurrection. Some believe that his crucified body was restored to its former life. Others believe that his crucified body was exchanged for a glorified body. Still others believe that Christ's crucified body is still...

- ● Matt 12:40 . . As Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. If we reckon Sunday to be the third day; then: Saturday would've been the second day, and Friday the first. Saturday night...

- People are already robotic due to their slavery to human nature. ● Jer 13:23 . . Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil. Writing about this situation; the apostle Paul said: ● Eph 2:1-3 . .You were dead in your...

- I was baptized an infant into the Roman Catholic system and continued on to complete First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Roman Catholicism is a difficult religion. In order for its followers to obtain a passing grade they have to consistently comply with everything in the Catechism, plus...

- ● Gen 2:15-17 . .The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you...

- ● Mark 12:30 . .You shall love The Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. One of the aspects of love is empathy; which can be roughly defined as emotional responses related to things like compassion, pity, and sympathy...

- ● Gen 2:16-17 . . The Lord God commanded the man, saying: Of every tree of the garden you are free to eat; but as for the tree of knowledge of good and bad, you must not eat of it; for in the day you eat of it, you shall die. ● Gen 3:4 . . And the serpent said to the woman: You are not going...

- Two things that Christ and his Father value very highly are integrity and loyalty. ● 2Tim 2:4 . . As Christ's soldier, do not let yourself become tied up in the affairs of this life, for then you cannot satisfy the one who has enlisted you in his army. ● 1Tim 4:14 . . Focus upon the public...

- Although Gentiles aren't contracted with God to comply with the covenant that Yhvh's people agreed upon with Him as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy; it's useful for revealing God's feelings about certain kinds of behavior; for example: ● Lev 19:11 . . You shall not deal...

- H.sapiens is a binary species consisting of two distinct genders: male and female. Non binary people see themselves as having no distinct gender-- apparently regardless of their physical construction --and refer to themselves with neuter pronouns, for example: it, its, they, them, and their...

- Hello; and welcome to the very first book of the Bible. I'm attempting a systematic, home-spun journey thru Genesis; practically verse by verse from the creation of the cosmos to Joseph's burial in Egypt. As of today's date, I'm 73 years old; and an on-going student of the Bible since...

- Hello; and welcome to the beginning of a collection of odds and ends from the Bible that come in handy now and then for just about everybody. /

- ● Gen 19:3 . . He urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he prepared a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. In this day and age of cultured yeast it's not easy to explain what the Bible means by leavened and unleavened. Well; the...

- ● 1Cor 12:8 . . For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit The koiné Greek word for "wisdom" is sophia (sof-ee'-ah); an ambiguous word that can indicate worldly smarts and/or heavenly smarts. Worldly smarts would include fields such as tax consultants, financial advisors...

- First off, it needs to be pointed out that the three-pound lump of flabby organic tissue housed within people's bony little skulls sufficing for a mind isn't expansive enough to relate to God on a meaningful level. ● 1Cor 2:11 . . No one can know what anyone else is really thinking except...