Do you ever feel old? Some mornings, before I get up, I think I feel the same as when I was eighteen. Then, I swing my legs out of the bed, and my body screams, “Hah! Fooled you again!” Imagine how Methuselah felt. Now, he was really old. Methuselah lived just thirty-one years short of [...]
Posted on March 19th, 2010 by doc
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Someone asked the other day where Cain got his wife. Their take on the matter was that this subject might prove evolution, and that Adam and Eve were not the ony people on earth. I find that a silly argument…and this is why. Many assume that Cain “found” his wife in the land of Nod [...]
Posted on December 14th, 2009 by doc
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You may come across this guy “Josephus” during your personal Bible study, or you may hear his name mentioned in Bible class or during a sermon. Who was Josephus, and why should we believe what he wrote? Josephus was born in Yosef Ben Matityahu, which means “Joseph, son of Matthias”, in A.D. 37. He died [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birth-day of the Saviour? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the [...]
Posted on July 4th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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