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IS JESUS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD?

April 19, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, Paul, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedacts, arrogant, Bible, christians, dignity, Equal, forgives, friendship, genuine, God, Heaven, Holy Bible, Jesus Christ, Man, Men, name, only, only way, people, pluralistic era, Pray, prayer, praying, respect, saved, space, teach, teaches, traditions, Way, witness, women, worshipabarkley8

In our eclectic, pluralistic era, it may sound arrogant to claim that God forgives sins by one way only, and that one person only-Jesus-speaks the truth about God. How can Christians be so exclusive?

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WHAT IS THE POINT OF FEELING GUILT?

April 16, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, stones, sunday, the church, theology, UncategorizedAdmit, Admit hope, Admit imperfection, Admit need, amenable, Bible, complex, dismissed, drained, Feast, feel guilt, forgives, guilt, guilty, Holy Bible, hunger, learn, moment, Psalm, psychological, restores, self-centeredness, therapeutic, therapyabarkley8

Guilt is bad, many counselors and therapists tell us. Guilt is therapeutic, we learn from the counsel of the Bible. Which is right? to feel guilt is to:

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (PSALM 28:1-6 “PRYAER IS POWERFUL”)

April 6, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedblessed, build, cry, deeds, desert, hears, Holy Bible, iniquity, Lord, Psalm, rock, scripture of the day, speak, workabarkley8

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1. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: least, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

3. Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their hearts.

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IS IT ALL RIGHT TO ASK GOD TO “SPEED IT UP”?

April 1, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, rise, risen, rock, rocks, stones, sunday, the church, Uncategorizedart, ask God, assistance, attitudes, coincide, crisis, deliver, deliverance, emotions, encourages, feelings, Haste, Holy Bible, human, hurt, intergrity, moods, O LORD, pain, poor, Psalm, showy, signal, speed, tarrying, true Godabarkley8

The request that God speed His intervention is not a complaint about slowness so much as a free expression of the writer’s acute sense of need. Everywhere the Bible encourages believers to speak openly with God about feelings, moods, and attitudes. The God of the Bible is not like

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (CLAP HANDS PT1)

March 18, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, harvest, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, rock, rocks, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedanger, angry, approval, Bible, celebration, clap hands, clues, communication, CSB, culture, everyday life in bible times, gestrue, grief, hand clapping, Holy Bible, joy, magical, message, misfortune, mock, Near Eastern, NIV, play, scholars, scoff, single clap, Studies, surprise, westernabarkley8

When we communicate with each other, we do not just with our words but also with the gestures we make, such as clapping our hands. Within the culture of the Western world of our day, this single gesture of clapping our hands together can send many and even contrasting messages. For example, we clap our hands to show our approval and appreciation of what has been said or done. But we also can clap our hands together in a mock show of approval and

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DEFINITON OF THE DAY (LORD/JESUS AS LORD PT1)

March 1, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, Ruth, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Corinthains, 1 Peter, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Corinthians, 2 peter, 2 Thessalonians, acts, blasphemous, blood, decree, definition of the day, definitions, definiton, despotes, domitian, emperors, emphatic, Faith, false god, False gods, HCSB, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Jesus as Lord, Jesus is Lord, Jude 4, King, Kings, kings of kings, KJV, Kurios, Lord, Lord of Lords, lordship, Luke, martyrs, master, NIV, One Lord, paul, philippians, Revelations, second coming, sir, sovereignty, stress, the father, the son, the word, Thomasabarkley8

Kurios is the word normally employed in the NT to speak of Jesus as Lord. The word, however, has a wide range of reference, being used of God (Acts 2:34), Jesus (Luke 10:1), humans (Acts 16:19), and angels (Acts 10:4). When characters in the Gospels speak of Jesus as Lord, they often mean no more than “sir.” At other times the designation Kurios expresses a full confession of

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (MERCY PT1)

February 22, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, Proverbs, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedanger, bible definition, Characteristics, CSB, definition, definition of the day, definitons, Egypt, Exodus, faithfulness, guilt, Holy Bible, Israel, King James Holy Bible, KJV, Lord, Matthew, merciful, mercy, merit, NASB, New Tesatment, NKJV, Old Testament, Psalm, Sermon on the Mount, shepherd, steadfast, the Lord God, wilderness, YaHWeHabarkley8

Characteristic and action that comes from the very nature of God. On the human level it is best described as one’s consideration of the condition and needs of his fellowman. It is an essential disposition of a covenant people, especially Israel and the church. In the OT God’s

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (DUST ON THE HEAD)

February 19, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, Absalom, Archite, bible customs and curiosities, coat, common substances, cry, crying, CSB, custom, dead, death, died, dirt, dust, Ezekiel, Friend, Genesis, ground, head, Holy Bible, hushai, Joshua, King David, KJV, Lementations, nehemiah, NIV, rent, Revelations, sad, sadness, sorrow, tears, tore coat, torn coatabarkley8

Hushai was a friend and supporter of King David. During Absalom’s rebellion (2 Sam 15:30). Hushai expressed his sorrow over David’s exile by tearing his clothes (Gen 37:34) and throwing dust on his head.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (SAMSON’S RIDDLE)

February 16, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles, 2 Kings, 30, 7 friends, bible customs and curiosities, Christ, curiosities, customs, entertainment, games, Hebrew, Holy Bible, Israelite, jesus, Jesus Christ, King, King James Holy Bible, leisure, long term riddle, problem, puzzling, queen, Queen Sheba, Samson's riddle, seven friends, Sheba, solving, thrity, wisdomabarkley8

In an age without television or other leisure-time pursuits, the people of Bible times often used riddles as a form of entertainment. Like Samson, they would pose a puzzling or mystifying question or problem and see who could figure it out.

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (MATTHEW 23:1-11 “A WARNING AGAINST HYPOCRISY”)

February 2, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, prophet, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedbeware, chief seats, Christ, Disciples, fingers, garments, greetings, heavy burdens, Holy Bible, hypocrites, King James Holy Bible, KJV, markets, master, Matthew, Men, Moses, pharisees, phylacteries, Rabbi, scribes, scripture of the day, scriptures, womenabarkley8

1.Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

²Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:

³All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

⁴For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

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