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MEN OF THE BIBLE (JONAH “RUNNING FROM GOD”)

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Jonah stands alone among the prophets of the Old Testament. Certainly he was the only one (that we know of) to spend three days in the digestive tract of a fish. In the bigger picture, though, he was the only one (that we know of) to flatly refuse an assignment from God.

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (MARK 2:1-12)

05/21/2021Uncategorizedbed, blasphemies, Capernaum, days, Door, earth, Faith, forgive, God the Father, God the Holy Ghost, God the Son, healed, healing, hearts, Jesus Christ, noised, Scripture, scripture of the day, sick, theologians, theological, theology, walkabarkley8

1.And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.

2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.

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WHY ARE HUSBANDS SINGLED OUT AS THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING A MARRIAGE STRONG?

05/21/2021Uncategorizedappetites, biological, companionship, engine, fantasies, God is the head, God the Father, God the Holy Ghost, God the Son, husband, husband and wife, Husbands, male, marriage, married, marry, mates, nurturing, partnership, sex, sexual, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, wife, youngabarkley8

For good reasons, some of which are associated with the universal male tendency toward sexual conquest. In general, the heart of a man will roam, while the heart of a woman seeks a home. Male sexual energy persists past female menopause, causing men to seek younger partners-or at least to be vulnerable to the temptation of doing so. The male by nature has no long-term investment in pregnancy; he may inseminate regularly with no time lost for childbirth. How are these biological appetites to be curbed, directed, focused?

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (LEPROSY)

05/21/2021Uncategorizedbodily, ceremonially, clean, community, digits, disorders, fluids, Generic, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, Hebrew, houses, isolated, leper, Leprosy, Leviticus, loss, Luke, Matthew, member, members, new testament, Old Testament, physical, skin, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, toes, unclean, worshipabarkley8

Generic term applied to a variety of skin disorders from psoriasis to true leprosy. Its symptoms ranged from white patches on the skin to running sores to the loss of digits on the fingers and toes.

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (CLEAN/UNCLEAN PT1)

05/21/2021Uncategorizedachieved, animals, bad, bird, birds, books, clean, clean and unclean, common, Deuteronomy, Genesis, goal, grasp, Holy, Isaiah, Joshua, lamb, levels, Leviticus, modern ears, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, pig, pigs, Revelations, ritually clean, signs and symbols, state, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, unclean, unholyabarkley8

The Old Testament concept of being clean can be difficult to grasp. The basic idea sounds foreign to modern ears, and the legislation that describes how that state is achieved and maintained can overwhelm us, making books like Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy much more difficult to understand. But when we acquire a clearer understanding of the notion, we find that the image of being clean is a helpful one that spreads its influence from Genesis through Revelation.

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WHAT’S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THE PREDICTION OF NINEVEH’S DOWNFALL?

05/21/2021Uncategorized300 years, Almighty God, Assyria, capital, city, city of nineveh, conqureed, empire, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, high, invisble, King, learning, Nahum, nineveh, path, people, powerful, predict, prophecy, techonology, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, three hundred years, wallsabarkley8

At the time of Nahum’s prophecy, Assyria (of which Nineveh was the capital) was the most powerful empire on earth. For three hundred years the Assyrians had conquered all people’s in their path. Nineveh, the shinning center of Assyrian culture, learning, and technology, was

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GOD’S HOSPITAL

05/20/2021Uncategorized1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, acts, church hospital, God, God's Hospital, Hosea, Hospital, jeremiah, John, Lord, Luke, Mark, Matthew, philippians, Romans, soul, souls, Sunday Morning, temporary, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, theoriesabarkley8

“Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise” (Jeremiah 17:14).

When our bodies are injured, we know to go to the nearest hospital for help. When our souls are sick, where do we go? We will find no help at the Regional Medical Center. Only God can help the soul and His hospital for the sin-sick is the church. Eugene Peterson was right when he said, “The Sunday morning congregation is a hospital” (Hos. 6:1; Mk. 2:17; Lk. 4:18). How is the church like a hospital?

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NAMES OF GOD (GOD)

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JOHN 20:27-28: Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger and behold my hands, and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing And Thomas answered and said unto him, my Lord and my God.

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (MATTHEW 19:23-30)

05/19/2021Uncategorizedcamel, Disciples, eye, first shall be last, glory, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Israel, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, Lands, last shall be first, Matthew, needle, new testament, Old Testament, peter, poor, poor man, rich, rich man, Scripture, scripture of the day, scriptures, Son of Man, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, twelve thrones, twelve tribesabarkley8

²³Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

²⁴And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (CIRCUMCISE)

05/19/2021Uncategorized1 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, acts, bible signs and symbols, circumcise, circumcised, circumcision, circumcision of the heart, council, Faith, Galatians, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Jesus Christ, jews, John, John the Baptist, judaism, King Antiochus IV, language, liberty, Luke, Mark, new testament, Old Testament, pagan order, paul, philippians, practice, Romans, savior, seleucid, the New Testament Church, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, uncircumcisedabarkley8

The matter of circumcision became a contested issue as the early Christian church was finding its feet. To appreciate why, we first need to understand that this had grown to be a most important element within Judaism. Between the time of the Old and New Testament, Seleucid King Antiochus IV attempted to stamp out Judaism, in part by forbidding the practice of circumcision among the Jews. This rite had become so vital to the identity of God’s people that they chose to die rather than yield to this pagan order.

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