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Not Human

And Elohim said, “Let them swarm the waters a swarm of life . . .”  Genesis 1:20 (my translation) Swarm – Genesis 1:20 describes God’s formation of the life of the sea and the air and everything that creeps on the earth.  We take it for granted that these creatures are distinctively different from human…
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Exchange Rate

And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.  Revelation 21:21 NASB Gold – You’ve heard the advertisements, I’m sure.  “In a volatile economy, gold is your only real safety net.”  “Gold!  It has never been worth nothing.  Experts say it may even double in the next years.”  “Gold is security in…
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Turn-Around Specialist

but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.  Acts 26:20  ESV Performing deeds – It takes more than simply changing your mind.  That’s the Greek word…
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The Denial of Revelation

And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.  1 Corinthians 13:2  ESV Have not – How we agonize over this verse!  Paraded before the cringing audience in the pews, preachers hammer believers for…
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The End of Theology

See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.  Colossians 2:8  ESV Philosophy – Paul warns us about the enticement of philosophy, but we seem to have completely ignored his alarm.  I don’t…
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The “Do-over”

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying ‘If a person sins unintentionally in any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and commits any of them, . . .”  Leviticus 4:1-2 NASB Unintentionally – The book of Leviticus provides atonement for unintentional sins. …
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