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Why would John have to say that? John 1:18


The Apostle John had just finished saying, “John *testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’” For of … Continue reading

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A laymen’s overview of John’s gospel.


Having heard the theological breakdowns of John’s gospel, I am acknowledging that these portrayals are most assuredly there. However, all those word pictures seem to do little for me as I am always taken back by the power and depth of … Continue reading

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Gifts from God, meant to benefit the body.


Tuesdays are the day our afternoon Bible study meets. I was to be taking it over, so to speak, about a month ago, but that did not happen. The man that had been leading and was supposed to take a … Continue reading

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Adventures in False teaching. Chapter two – Is there a judgment of the nations?


Have you ever heard the saying, “you should have been there!” If you had you would better understand why I responded with the comment, “it was comparable to watching a tornado tear through a farm.” I made this statement in … Continue reading

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What does pleading the blood mean? Subtitle: Why we don’t do this anymore.


Monday morning men’s bible study. Where every week is a fiasco and this week was no different as it initiated with: “What does pleading the blood mean?” It should have been subtitled, “Why we don’t do this anymore.” Thank God … Continue reading

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Strongholds and the voices in my head.


As the morning Bible study opened this week it was evident that something was different; half the men were not there. There is another group I am involved in which had at least twenty people attending when I first joined … Continue reading

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The association with something rising out of the sea is an easy one for the Jew. Revelation 13:1


Revelation chapter twelve ends with the dragon/Satan doing what looks like a retreat. Revelation 12:17 ESV Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep … Continue reading

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He hasn’t much time, and he knows it.


Isaiah, prophesying about an entity and calling it “the king of Tyre”, also a real person, puts the king of Tyre in the garden of Eden, addresses him the anointed cherub and speaks of how perfect he was. Common sense … Continue reading

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How can we know when we are close to the end? Chapter three.


What do we know from other examples – in scripture or life – that substantiates a definitive time frame? Allow me to point something out; a date slipped by us quietly and got ignored, September 13, 2015. It marked not … Continue reading

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A two year veteran of recovery, and battling depression


If you have followed me for any time then you know that two years ago I humbled myself and placed myself in Celebrate Recovery. I did this because I had allowed myself to become consistently enraged. Sadly, this was not … Continue reading

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