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A Remarkable Prophecy About Tyre

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Psalm 18:30: “As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.” That the “word of the Lord is proven” is evident in hundreds of scriptures, but a very prominent one involves Tyre, one of the oldest cities on the Mediterranean […]

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What’s In A Name?

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Names are important in any culture, but names given in the Bible usually had an important significance as they not only identified the person but also reflected the nature and character of the person.  For instance, 1 Samuel 25:25 says, “I know Nabal is a wicked and ill-tempered man; please don’t pay any attention to […]

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I Am What I Am

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1 Corinthians 15:9-10,  “For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. Verse 10: But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, […]

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The Fulfilled Prophecies of Jesus Christ

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The Bible is rich with Messianic prophecies, and mathematician Peter Stoner calculated the odds of a single individual fulfilling just a fraction of these predictions.  Mr. Stoner, in his well-known book Science Speaks, figured out that the odds of any individual fulfilling the same prophecies that Jesus fulfilled, even today, are about 1 in 100 […]

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Speaking Blessings

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Speaking Blessings by Val Black “GOD BLESS YOU!” or, “GESUNDHEIT!” Everyone has heard this when they have a cold or hay fever We all like to be blessed but how often do we speak blessing to others?  When somebody sneezes we say “God bless you!” Or “gesundheit!” That’s probably about how much blessing we speak […]