Childlike faith, manlike understanding
Apr 29
"Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men" (I Corinthians 14:20). dad_sons5 The wise man wrote long ago: "With all thy getting get understanding" (Proverbs 4:7). However, we need to be sure that the understanding we acquire is not perverted by the spirit of this world. When Paul wrote to the Ephesians, he emphasized the contrast between a darkened understanding and a spiritually illuminated understanding. "Walk not as other Gentiles walk," he exhorted, "in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart" (Ephesians 4:17-18). A blinded heart produces a darkened understanding.
What “Separation of Church and State” meant to the author of it – President Thomas Jefferson
Apr 25
"Jefferson viewed the "wall" as limiting the federal government from "intermeddling" in church government, as explained in his letter to Samuel Miller, Jan. 23, 1808: I consider the government of the United States as interdicted [prohibited] by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results not only from the provision that no law shall be made respecting the establishment or free exercise of religion, but from that also which reserves to the states the powers not delegated to the United States [10th Amendment]."
Is Carter selling out to terrorist seduction
Apr 24
Former US President Jimmy Carter on Monday said that following a meeting with the Hamas leadership in Damascus late last week, he can confidently announce that Hamas truly desires peace with Israel. The premature claim was almost immediately rebuffed by Hamas. Speaking at an event hosted by the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, Carter asserted that Hamas is prepared to accept a Palestinian Arab state in Gaza and the West Bank and Israel’s right to exist in the rest of the land west of the Jordan River. The self-styled peace envoy said that Hamas’ top leadership had assured him that it would accept such a solution to the conflict if approved by a majority of Palestinians in a referendum. Having established Hamas’ willingness to make peace, Carter went on to imply that the only obstacle remaining was Israel’s unwillingness to hold talks with the terror group. However, almost immediately after Carter spoke, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told reporters that the American had apparently gotten ahead of himself, or misinterpreted statements by the Hamas leadership to fit his own agenda.
God remembers His promises
Apr 22
"And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged" (Genesis 8:1). noah This verse contains the first mention of the beautiful word "remember" in the Bible, and it tells us that God remembers! During the awful cataclysm of the Flood, the most devastating event thus far in the history of the world, God still remembered the faithful obedience of Noah, and He even remembered every living thing! We may forget many things, but God remembers: "For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have showed toward His name" (Hebrews 6:10). Nor does He ever forget a promise. The first mention of "remember" in the New Testament is the Spirit-inspired testimony of Zacharias: "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for He hath visited and redeemed His people . . . to remember His holy covenant; The oath which He sware to our father Abraham" (Luke 1:68,72-73). That promise had been made 2000 years before, but God remembered.
Joseph’s coat of many colors
Apr 15
"Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors" (Genesis 37:3). Colors Three times in Scripture we note special significance being attached to the garments worn by Joseph. The first is in our text, when the godly young man was given a beautiful outer cloak by his affectionate father. Unfortunately this multi-colored garment caused jealousy amongst the brothers, and the Bible records that Joseph was sold into slavery. "And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father" (Genesis 37:31-32).
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