Nature is filled with many wonderful examples of migration. We can understand that God has designed these creatures with migration as an integral part of their survival. Instances of species migration occur in every level of fauna – from microorganisms in freshwater lakes that migrate within temperature levels of the water column, to the famous pathways of Pacific salmon and Gray whales (traveling an awesome 12,500 miles annually), to the observation every autumn of the birds heading south. Recent temporary additions to my own family included a group of monarch caterpillars upon which my darling bride doted as a home school ”science project”. Once emerged from their cocoon …
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What does the apostle Peter mean when he tells those on the day of Pentecost that had gladly received his word that they would receive the gift of the Holy Spirit? Were they being told that they were going to have a non-miraculous, literal indwelling of the Holy Spirit? Is it a reference to the temporary, miraculous spiritual gifts which were received in the 1st century church? Or was it to be understood as a statement of salvation much like Paul speaking of the gift of God being “eternal life” – Romans 6:23?
When …
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Did the election not go your way?
Never fear because God did a wonderful thing for us. He gave us the tool of prayer to help manage our government! We are commanded to obey the laws and pray for the government. (Romans 13:1-7) Even though we may have an administration that doesn’t share the same urgency to legislate laws from a moral standpoint, we are blessed with a system of government that will allow those laws to be passed via other avenues. We see in this passage to the Romans that rulers, good or bad are needed for our safety …
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If someone were to ask us what do we value most, what would we say? Our family? Our home? Our education? Our life? Or would some of us say our bank account? Our riches?
Many people in our world today strive to attain wealth. They want to have the most spacious home, the fanciest car, the finest clothes, and the best of material things in life. While being wealthy is not a sin, what does the Bible say about riches and the constant desire to attain them?
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(See end of article for puzzles on Job 19-21).
After the Book of Job opens by introducing to us this man who is the greatest man of the east, we are given the opportunity to peer into the throne room of heaven where an assembly of angels has gathered on an appointed day. Into this gathering entered the adversary of mankind. This is indeed a strange picture which is presented on two occasions in Job (Job 1:6; Job 2:1). It is strange, because we have here the one who is all evil approaching the One …
Filed under: Doctrine, Michael Carter on November 9th, 2008 | No Comments »
