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The gospels like elsewhere in the Bible frequently use the words blindness, deafness, eye and ear in a figurative sense conveying more than the activity of the bodies sense organs. God has made known through words and deeds that to see …
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Parables and a Pearl
If we want to understand certain parts of the Bible, we must understand parables. It is truly a shame that our Western culture has not developed and used parables nearly as extensively as people did in the ancient Middle East. This form …
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The Three Witnesses of Christ (Part Two)
As we saw in Part One, the apostle John was the only gospel writer to record John the Baptist's threefold testimony—of the water (covered in the last essay), the blood, and the Spirit. Significantly, he was also the only one to …
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Hebrews 11:1
(1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Understanding this verse is essential to deriving the most from this chapter. It establishes a good, practical definition of faith, but it is not the only one, since the Bible uses the term "faith" in several other ways. We have to be …
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Not-So-Great Expectations
by David C. GrabbeNear the beginning of his gospel, John makes an astonishing declaration. Though it may be familiar to us, having read it often, its singularity should still electrify us: "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). To the Greek mind, that a god—let alone the God—would debase himself by becoming flesh and blood was preposterous. John's announcement was a psychological earthquake, a force that violently shook reality, requiring a reevaluation of all thought. As fanta
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The church of God has long linked the return of Jesus Christ in Revelation 11:15 to the Feast of Trumpets. While we do not know the exact …
For the sake of argument, let's assume you have decided that Christmas is not the horrible evil you once thought it was. Maybe this year …
Late in the first week of December, the Trump administration released the president's 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS), a document …
“Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall,” writes the apostle Paul in I Corinthians 10:12. Using …
The seventh and final festival of the year is the Eighth Day, which occurs on the day immediately following the conclusion of the Feast …
What is the most powerful two-word phrase in the English language? If a poll were taken, it would result in many different answers. …
