Biblical Figures

10 Dec Is Sonship Earthly or Heavenly?

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In Romans 8:15 it describes something we know as sonship. 'The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”' Sonship is a...

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08 Dec Virus in the Soul

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How to describe sin? That is a tricky thing to do. The first place that sin is mentioned in the Bible is Genesis 4:7. The Lord spoke to Cain, saying, “Sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over...

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03 Dec Why Mary Said Yes

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Catholics love Mary, and Protestants trying to avoid the appearance of idolatry minimise her.  But Mary is in fact uniquely special in the Bible, not just because of being the mother of Jesus, but because of another quality. Do a search through the scriptures and find...

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29 Oct A Miracle in Pagan Times

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The city of Sanliurfa, (pronounced Shan Lurfa) located in Turkey, was prior to World War I known simply as Urfa.  It is believed by many people to be the place where Abraham was born.  Urfa even sounds like Ur, the city the Bible records as...

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27 Oct Which God Do You Worship?

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In Abraham's day everyone loved idols.  In fact it seemed to be the way of the whole world.  No matter what age of history, archaeologists are always digging up idols. Idols in the Palaeolithic era. Idols in the Neolithic era. Idols in the Chalcolithic era. Idols in the Bronze...

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01 Sep The Seed of Abraham

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In the early part of the Bible, the Lord appeared and made a promise to Abraham saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land.'  Genesis 12:7 (NIV) The word translated 'offspring' here in NIV is actually the word seed.  That can be seen in alternate...

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14 Aug A Jericho Wall that Didn’t Fall

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Hopefully nobody assumes what this post is about without actually reading the whole way through. I most definitely do believe that the walls of Jericho fell down.  The reality is undisputed, a fact proven by archeology that the walls did in fact collapse. It was Kathleen Kenyon...

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29 Jul Did Jesus Pray for the Sick

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We recently had a visitor to Peace who had been on a mission trip to India with Stuart Gramenz.  Stuart taught people to lay hands on the sick and say, 'Be healed in Jesus' name.' During a church meeting, our visitor was presented with a girl...

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25 Jul Abraham – Our Father in Faith

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Abraham is both remarkable and ordinary. The Ordinary Abraham Abraham was just one man, with a barren wife, who lived in ancient times surrounded by idol worshippers in Mesopotamia.  He lived in tents, had sheep and goats, had some servants, and otherwise lived an unremarkable existence.  He...

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