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Bubba Gump

Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.  Leviticus 11:12  NASB Is detestable – From the JPS Torah Commentary on Leviticus: “All those water creatures that do not swim by the usual means of fins but, instead, crawl are considered impure.”  Bubba Gump shrimp are on the list.  Why?…
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Fear of Dying

“‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” Revelation 21:4  NIV No more death – Are you afraid to die?  Before you answer with the “hoped-for next world eternal existence of the soul” paradigm, remember that dying…
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Solving the Noah Puzzle

If there is a man who sleeps with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death, they have brought their own deaths upon themselves.  Leviticus 20:11  NASB His father’s nakedness – Remember that very strange story about Noah getting drunk?  It’s in Genesis 9:22-23.[1]  If we don’t understand the Hebrew…
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Beyond Thinking

“Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord,  Isaiah 1:18a  NKJV Reason – Just to be clear, the verse from Isaiah is not an invitation to enter into cognitive cooperation with God.  The Hebrew verb is yākaḥ, and a better translation might be “let us debate,” or “let us argue (as in a court of…
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Impossible

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.  Deuteronomy 6:5  NASB You shall love – Have you considered the fact that this commandment, the most important commandment in Scripture, is simply impossible?  Think about it.  How can anyone, even God, demand that you love Him? …
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