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I obviously have very little skill in predicting how many words it will take me to say what I want to say; thus “six parts in a four part essay”! In my final post on this subject (for now) I'm compelled to remind us about the main reason to love and study the Bible. Read it …
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If you’re not familiar with the math of the “ish,” this is how it works. When longwinded teacher-types don’t want to handcuff ourselves to a preconceived number of posts in a blog or messages in a series we rely heavily on the “ishes.” I have a couple more things – at least – I wanted …
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Change it up By change it up I don’t mean make changes in the Bible you read – as in edit Scripture – but change up the way you read it, although, you might consider reading a different version, either temporarily or permanently. I find when I use another version that I notice all kinds …
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Did your hear about the rabbi – no, this isn’t a joke – who always said if you study the Torah, it would put Scripture on your heart. One of his students asked him, “Why on our hearts, and not in them?” He answered, “Only God can put Scripture inside. But reading it can put …
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Read it for how to behave not just what to believe… “The matter is quite simple. The Bible is very easy to understand. But we as Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand we are obliged to …
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