I received a new Bible for Christmas that I have had my eye on for awhile. It has a great layout with BIG print and a nice system of cross referencing and “read-along” type information at the end of each verse. It also comes with another feature that is inherent in the definition of new – All of the writing and notations that I have collected in my old Bible since I got it for the Christmas of 1983 are gone.
I’m not sure I could have predicted how lost I was moving about it during Sunday’s sermons without the…
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Henry David Thoreau once stated, “The stars are the jewels of the night and perchance surpass anything which day has to show.” Lord Byron once said, “Ye stars! Which are the poetry of heaven!” Stars are fascinating. As one views them in the night sky and ponders upon them, truly they “declare the glory of God.” While their distance from us may be far beyond our reach, countless lessons from them are easily within our grasp. As one journeys though…
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One of the great treasures of the Book of Job is in its reminders to us of our greatest needs: 1) It is a book which stresses mankind’s need of sympathy and empathy; 2) It is a book which emphasizes our need of companionship; 3) It is a book which places stress upon man’s need of Christ, the perfect Mediator. Yet, it also is a book which highlights the intense desire we ought to have for fellowship with God.
As the…
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