"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)
TRUSTING GOD IN TIMES OF PERIL
It seemed to be a quiet, ordinary night in the little Podunk-backwater town of Bethlehem, located about six miles south of the glorious capital city of Israel, Jerusalem, the site of the Jewish Temple. A teenage couple, we know them as Mary and Joseph, after about a week of rugged travel from Nazareth had arrived in
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The following was previously posted in December 2020. It includes some revisions. It is the time of the year when movies with a Christmas theme fill the TV schedule, and one of the most beloved is It’s a Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. Stewart plays the character of George Baily, who as a
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There is presently a commercial on television for a personal heart monitor that can provide an individual with a medical grade EKG, the results of which can be sent immediately to their doctor. The commercial consists of a man on the street inquiring of those who pass by “how’s your heart?” Various responses are provided
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The following was originally posted in October 2020. This post has a few minor revisions. I explained in a previous post, that the sovereignty of God is the Biblical teaching that all things that occur in the universe, our world and in our individual lives, are under God’s absolute rule and control, and that nothing
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The Bible is God’s gracious self-revelation of His person and His purposes in creation. He reveals Himself as eternal spirit, unbounded by time and space, who created man for His glory – that the infinite perfections of His being, first displayed in the natural creation, would be most profoundly and purposefully displayed in His creation
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“…I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” (Romans 9:15) The above is one of the most controversial passages in the Bible yet is the foremost expression by God of His freedom to be God (Exodus 33:19), having the right and ability
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