It seemed an impossible task when Daniel was made the chief of the “wise men” (Daniel 2:27 *rab-mag* = “chief of the Magi” Daniel 4:9) in Babylon, an office which apparently was carried through to Persia.. After all, he was a monotheist (one God) who now was in charge of the keepers of the empire’s […]
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I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect
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Behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon–possessed.” Matthew 15:22 My dad’s sermon startled me. I have been scanning files into the computer over the last years and so there are about 30 files
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Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, and His Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; besides Me there is no god.‘ Isaiah 44:6 When Lloyd C. Douglas, author of The Robe and other novels, was a university student, he lived in a boarding house.
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Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. Matthew 10:34 The pronouncement made by Jesus is dramatic. It really catches us off guard. The angels sang at the first Christmas, “Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth to
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Watching the star, they were overjoyed, and entering the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and bowed down in worship of Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold, incense and myrrh. Matthew 2:10-11 Dictionaries and Encyclopedias tell us that the Magi was the priestly caste
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[in a letter to my daughter] You asked recently if “the Creator” was the same as God, and my answer was “in a way, yes.” I simply want to point out here that there are some differences between what I understand about the First Nations’ concepts and the Biblical. Correct me where I am wrong.
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