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~ In the second chapter of the book of Daniel is told the story of Nebuchadnezzar's dream. He demanded his wise men to tell him the interpretation of the dream but withheld the dream's details; without which they could not answer. But God had observed the king's dream; and revealed its details...

~ 114) 1Cor 14:29-32 . .Two, or three, prophets should speak, and everyone else should weigh carefully what is said. If a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. The...

~ What the world needs now is love, sweet love; It's the only thing that there's just too little of. What the world needs now is love, sweet love, No, not just for some but for everyone. ( Hal David & Burt Bacharach, 1965 ) Hippies and folk singers were constantly lamenting the lack of love...

~ Developing children benefit from graciousness in a big way. Thoughtless grown-ups can destroy a young child's fragile spirit by criticizing them all the time and never once giving them an "attaboy" or a single vote of confidence. A very charming example of this was acted out in an old movie...

~ When making public statements, persons held in high regard are oftentimes accompanied by others who typically stand beside and/or behind the luminary but never say anything themselves; they're just temporary window dressing, so to speak. The Bible says that God is everywhere at all times...

~ As a matter of interest: the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew contain the so-called Sermon On The Mount. Similar to that is Jesus' sermon on the plain contained in Luke 6:17-7:49. In time I discovered that the Sermon isn't something to be admired; no, it's something to be feared because...

~ That would be interesting, and a worthwhile project; but please; not here. A thread of your own started for that purpose would be a better way to go; and should keep you busy for quite a while to come if you do all four gospels a little at a time every day. _

~ In the eighth chapter of John's gospel, Jesus was teaching in the Temple courtyard when some of his opponents showed up with a woman caught red handed in adultery. They presented her to Jesus to see if he agreed with Moses in regard to executing adulterers (Lev 20:10) Exactly why they brought...

~ Jesus sacrificed his life for the whole world; not just part of the world, rather; everybody who has ever lived, and everybody who will ever live, down to the last born on Earth. That says quite a bit about how Jesus feels about me. He may not like me-- at all. In point of fact Jesus just may...

~ 110) 1Cor 14:1b . . eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy. This particular prophecy genre is different than prognostication. This relates to inspirational speakers. ● 1Cor 14:3 . . Everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their strengthening, their encouragement...

~ Whereas one's body can be killed by most anybody and by most any means, only God can kill a soul. (Matt 10:28 & Luke 12:4-5) _

~ FAQ: Is it possible that the Flood was local rather than global? REPLY: Well; the problem with that theory is: the waters breached the highest mountains by fifteen cubits (22½ feet). So then, if perchance Noah lived in a geographic basin, the waters would have overflowed the mountains...

~ Though I've yet to see God described as a soul, I have seen Him declared to have a soul in Lev 26:11, Lev 26:30, Judg 10:16, Isa 42:1, Jer 32:41, Zech 11:8, and Matt 12:18. The way I figure it; if God has a soul, then it's likely I have a soul too seeing as how mankind was made in His image...

~ Luke 16:19-31 is commonly alleged to be a parable; which of course implies that the story is fiction; and some would even say fantasy. But the parable theory has some fatal flaws, For one: whenever Jesus told a parable, he eventually took his disciple aside and explained its meaning. (Mark...

~ In the story told at Luke 16-19-31, the beggar Lazarus died and was carried by angels to the afterlife. Curiously, the rich man's transportation isn't described. One of the most disturbing scenes I've yet to observe in a Hollywood movie occurs in "GHOST" starring Patrick Swayze and Demi...

~ I think it safe to assume that most people in the free world have known since childhood that the cosmos-- all its forms of life, matter, and energy --was spoken into existence per Gen 1:1-3. I've pretty much always known that the speaker was a divine being, but I haven't always known that...

~ Long story short: Abraham's first son Ishmael was by means of sleeping with a female slave. His latter son Isaac was by means of sleeping with his wife Sarah. So then the slave's son, as the one born first, was legally entitled to be Abraham's principal heir. But there was a way to dissolve...

~ 109) 1Cor 14:1a . . Pursue charity The Greek noun for "charity" in that command is agape (ag-ah'-pay) which, in most cases, is a very easy kind of love to practice. Though agape may, or may not, include the sentiments of fondness and/or affection like the Greek word phileo (fil-eh'-o), it...

~ Mankind's entrance into the grand scheme of things was via earthen construction materials rather than by means of God reproducing Himself (Gen 1:26-27). In other words: mankind's image and likeness of God wasn't inherited from father to son like as when Seth's image and likeness of Adam was...

● Matt 20:1-2 . . .The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard. Here in my area of the State of Oregon, the above is a common sight in the...