By Rebecca Mitchell, at: http://www.dwellingintheword.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/2130-2-kings-20/ ************************** II Kings 20:1-6a — In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.” Hezekiah turned […]
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Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. –Psalm 19:14 ———————— In his Daily Hope blog yesterday, Rick Warren suggested nine questions to help in our meditations while reading God’s Word. Here are those questions, along with
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(continued…) There is not much to be known about Cain, but you do know quite a bit about yourself, and so now apply this lesson to your own life. Do you think you would be qualified to make such a comparison between you and any other person on earth, no matter how well
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“Cain kills Abel” image by Gustave Doré ——————————– It is always a good idea to pay close attention to what the Bible says. Sometimes, however, you have to pay attention to what the Bible does not say. Take for example the story of Cain and Abel. We will first consider what the story
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In the mid-19th century the truth of the Bible was often called into question by scholars who pointed to a lack of archaeological evidence for the Biblical accounts. In the century and a half since then, there has been extensive archaeological work done in Israel, and there have been hundreds of finds confirming the
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Painting above: Nicodemus Visiting Jesus, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1899 ************************** (…continued) John records no further questions or comments by Nicodemus in this conversation, but I think we can safely assume that Nicodemus liked what he heard from Jesus. His name appears two more times in the Gospel of John. In chapter seven, the
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Above painting: Nicodemus Came to Jesus by Night, by Walter Rane. ——— When I was a child I watched a lot of cowboys and Indians movies, and it was the same thing every time. The cowboys were always the good guys and the Indians were always the bad guys. Simple. Then there was a change
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Above: Daniel’s Prayer, 1865, by Sir Edward Poynter (1836-1919) ———————- (…continued) The story of Daniel and his friends reminds us that we belong to two kingdoms. We are citizens of the United States of America, a nation of this temporary, worldly realm. We are also children of God, and thereby members of God’s
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Above painting: Daniel in the Lion’s Den, 1872, Briton Reviere (1840-1920) *************************** In 587 BC Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar besieged, defeated, and occupied the city of Jerusalem. The people were his to kill or enslave. He chose to make use of the talented young men of the city in his own government. Daniel and
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(…continued) Christians believe, as do Jews and Muslims, that there is one God. But unlike Jews and Muslims, Christians believe that within that one God are three separate and distinct persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Not even the most brilliant theologians have understood this concept of a three-in-one God,
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