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A series exploring what the Bible teaches about marriage, singleness, motherhood, the workplace, church ministry, sexual purity, true beauty and relationships.

How many things there are in the world, which we have upon our tables and which we even eat, that if we were to put beneath our microscope we should be afraid to touch! For we should see all kinds of loathsome creatures creeping and crawling about in them—such things as we never conceived! And so it…

A recently published study has found that nearly one in three people will be arrested by the time they turn 23 years of age. The data indicate a sharp increase from similar research conducted 40 years ago. The original study found 22 percent of youth were likely to be arrested before the age of 23. The…

Zookeepers were astonished to find a gruesome scene when they first arrived for a day of work at Alice Springs Reptile center in Australia. The Zoo’s main attraction had been devouring many of the other animals who had apparently staged a breakout only to fall into the alligator’s enclosure. Surveillance…

The Nuremberg trials, which were held following WWII, made the Nazi leaders to account for the atrocities committed before and during the war. British journalist William Shawcross’ father was one of the jurists at Nuremberg. Shawcross says, “Nuremberg’s value to the world lay less in how faithfully it…

In 1969, in Mississippi, a group of people were preparing to have a "hurricane party" in the face of a storm named Camille. Were they ignorant of the dangers? Could they have been overconfident? Did they let their egos and pride influence their decision? We will never know. What we do know is that the…

It has been said that in a lifetime the average American will spend: Six months sitting at stoplights Eight months opening junk mail One year looking for misplaced objects Two years unsuccessfully returning phone calls Four years doing housework Five years waiting in line Six years eating How many of…

Submission is the key to victory... Roger Staubach, who led the Dallas Cowboys to the Super Bowl victory in 1971, admitted that his position as a quarterback who didn't call his own signals was a source of trial for him. Coach Landry sent in every play. He told Roger when to pass, when to run, and only…

Misplaced Faith In April 1988 the evening news reported on a photographer who was a skydiver. He had jumped from a plane along with numerous other skydivers and filmed the group as they fell and opened their parachutes. On the film shown on the telecast, as the final skydiver opened his chute, the picture…

In Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash A Revolution In Your Life in Christ, Peter Scazzero writes, “Two-thirds of the psalms are laments, complaints to God. God grieves in Genesis for having created humanity (see Genesis 6:6). David wrote poetry after the death of Saul and his best friend, Jonathan,…

Covenant Communities Unit 3: The New Covenant Community Remember the Message 2Peter 3:1 -The motivation for the message Beloved- In the Old Testament this term is used to convey the idea of an only child. As one would cherish and value an only child, Peter here endears his readers to himself as a valuable…

The Nature of Unsaved Men & Women Ephesians 2:3b-5 …we were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)… Condition…

A Aaron, ' = "light bringer" Aharown {a-har-one'} 1) brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest Aaron Aaron {ah-ar-ohn'}= "light-bringer" 1) the brother of Moses, the first high priest of Israel and head of the whole priestly order ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…

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Chapter 5 4990 B.C. The Flood–1877 B.C. Joseph 148 Six thousand years had passed since the year of creation. Mankind had slowly multiplied on the earth. Because man had been created with a perfect body, he began with no inherent birth defects. Therefore, the Bible discloses that during this period of…

Majority Rule in Religion? Is a practice right just because "everyone is doing it"? Often we are told that some widely accepted practice must be good because "all these people can't be wrong." Young people sometimes tell their parents, "All my friends are doing it!" Perhaps the fact that our government…

Peter showed us that our position in Christ is illustrated by Noah’s position in the ark (see 1 Peter 3:18-22). When that ark was finished, a perfect way of escape from the wrath of God had been provided. That’s because the ark was covered “within and without with pitch” (Genesis 6:14). The Hebrew word…