We are going to go on to Acts the 16th chapter tonight and this chapter does not have anything in it of the magnitude of what was in chapter 15, so we are going to be able to move a good bit faster here. With the council over, it became …
Isaiah writes of a wonderful future coming in the years just ahead of us: "They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war …
As the week ground to a close, one of America's last bastions of nominally Christian morality succumbed to the forces of tolerance and liberalism. On Thursday, during the Boy Scouts of America's annual meeting of its National Council in …
(26) And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: (27) "Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. (28) And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God. (29) For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people. (30) And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. (31) You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. (32) It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath."
It should not come as a surprise that the Day of Atonement is the most unusual holy day of the year. Each holy day has its distinctive traits. As examples, the Feast of Unleavened Bread has us eating unleavened bread for a week, and …
Some of the most exciting stories are about men and women who rise to the occasion. Firefighters rescue people from danger. Police officers stop the bad guys in their tracks. Medal of Honor heroes risk their lives in serving others, sometimes paying the ultimate price in their sacrifice. Truly, their bravery is admirable. But everyday heroes are all around us: housewives, grandparents, students, secretaries, truck drivers, accountants, teachers, and nurses. No matter who we are or what we do, we can all be heroes. "Hero" does not appear in the New King James Version of the Bible. However, …
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