When I wrote an earlier article about witches, one reader wrote that the subject brought to his mind the Witch of Endor. I have thought about that for some time, and now I want to relate what I have found about her. To familiarize yourself with the story, reread I Samuel 28:1-25. First of all, there [...]
Posted on November 17th, 2009 by doc
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38Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. 39David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. “I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not [...]
Posted on July 30th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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30Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before him. 31He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him. 32He [...]
Posted on June 22nd, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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We may rest assured that nothing God has told us is trivial. For every word in the Bible, there is a reason. It is interesting to note that Matthew lists the names of four women who were ancestors of Jesus: Tamar (Matthew 1:3), Rahab (Matthew 1:5), Ruth (Matthew 1:5), and Bathsheba (Matthew 1:6). Perhaps none [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2009 by doc
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Every child in Sunday school knows the story of Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:2-16). They have heard how God approved of Abel’s offering of the first-born of his flock, but God did not approve of Cain’s offering of the best of his crops. If they both offered the best they had, was God fair to [...]
Posted on September 13th, 2008 by trp
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To some, to obey is a relative thing. If my son is told to wash the car, he might get the body, but not the windows or tires. True, he washed most of the car, but did he wash all of the car? We can see what God considers obedience in I Samuel, Chapter 14. [...]
Posted on September 7th, 2008 by trp
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Adam is said to have been “the first man” (I Corinthians 15:45), in which case none preceded him. Obviously, he could not have been the first man if the earth was populated with human beings–men and women– before the creation described in Genesis 2:7. Then why was he told to “replenish” the earth? This is [...]
Posted on September 2nd, 2008 by doc
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Jesus went to the cross, was crucified, buried and resurrected. He died that we might live (1 Cor 15:3-5). Christians understand the magnitude of the sacrifice of Jesus and what a great gift we have received as a result of his death! We are humbled and thankful that God established so wonderful a plan of [...]
Posted on August 1st, 2008 by Pat Brown
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Someone made a comment in last Sunday morning’s Bible class about satan, and how we sometimes give him more credit than he deserves. Frankly, I think we sometimes don’t give him enough credit too, but more times than not, we see him as having attributes that he doesn’t have. satan is not omnipresent, for example. [...]
Posted on July 18th, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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Almost as familiar a song as Jesus Loves Me, the song about Zacchaeus climbing up in that sycamore still rings in my ears, dozens of years after I last sang it in VBS. We all know the story that Dr. Luke recorded for us in Luke 19:1-10. We know that the Z-man was, shall we [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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