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Winning Battles – The Bible Way

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The Bible talks about Israel’s two great victories over the Philistines. One is the story of Jonathan, the son of Saul, who was the first king of Israel. Jonathan and his armor-bearer took on an outpost of about 20 Philistines and killed them all. But the amazing thing about the story is that Jonathan and […]

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Pitch, Blood, and A Door

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When God instructed Noah to make a boat called the “ark”, He said, “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.” (Genesis 6:14) Pitch was a black, sticky, tar-like substance that repelled water. In Genesis 6:14, the Hebrew word used […]

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In Covenant With God

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In reality, when a person accepts Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, that person is entering into a blood covenant relationship with God, the Creator of all that exists, has existed in the past, and everything to be created in the future. Christians may have missed the blessings of such a relationship. The blessings begin […]

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Jesus – Sin or A Sin Offering?

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2 Corinthians 5:20-21, “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” […]