Run to the Battle
Aug 05
"And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city." (Joshua 6:20)
Power of Faith
Apr 22
Believing faith should never be seen as the goal, only the beginning of wonderful growth in the "divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4-9).
The Dangerous Deception of Christian Philosophy – Gnosticism
Feb 15
In general, Gnosticism was the belief that matter itself is evil and spirit is good, the body being a prison of the soul. Philosophers who tried to combine this belief system with Christianity insisted that Jesus could not have had a human body (since bodies are evil) and therefore could not have been crucified.
Faith is Based on What We Know and Not on What We See or Feel
Jan 23
The eleventh chapter of Hebrews, known as the great Hall of Fame of Faith reciting the faith and resulting action of many Old Testament heroes, begins with a description of what faith is
Drinking Well Water
Dec 16
This unusual name for a well means “well of the living one who sees me.” The chapter deals with Hagar when she fled from Sarai’s presence (v.6). The “angel of the LORD,” like a shepherd, found Hagar by a well in the wilderness (v.7). This is the first explicit reference in Scripture to the Lord’s messenger—the “angel of the LORD.”
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