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God Warning Against GMOs
God seems to be warning against GMOs in this verse. If two seeds ate panted together their fruit is defiled. The book Wheat Belly goes into depth how our currently available GMO wheat is the cause of…
Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge
2012-02-24
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Fermentation and Pickling
The Israelites must have had excellent fermenting, pickling and storage routines to allow the fruit of the land to last for three years without refrigeration. It would be interesting to rediscover the…
Created 3 months ago
Leviticus 25:21 (NIV), Leviticus 25:26 (NIV), Leviticus 25:28 (NIV)
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Is this a warning against genetically modified food?
I see good advice to live a long healthy life as the foundation for many of God's commandments. Could it be in this verse that God is warning us that our bodies were not created to consume genetically…
Created 3 months ago
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Detestable and Perverse
When reading this chapter God states that most of the sins in this chapter will dishonor you and your family. However, when God mentions homosexuality and bestiality he calls them detestable and perverse.…
Created 4 months ago
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God gave the Amorites the chance to follow Him
Genesis 15:16 NIV "for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure." It is interesting that God didn't give the land to Abram right away. We assume that God waited to build patience…
Created 5 months ago
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Abram the General
Abram used some strategy when going to get his family back. How much do you bet that the raiding kings and their armies were sleeping soundly and probably even pretty drunk the celebration that was sure…
Created 5 months ago
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Advanced Avionics
With all of our advanced avionics we have not been able to match the grace and elegance of the wings of a bird that were created by God!
Created 5 months ago
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God's Scale is Massive
I was watching an episode of Top Gear the other day. Every episode they race a car around the track and compare it to the times of other cars they test out. They are based out of England where it rains…
Created 5 months ago
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The World is an Awesome Place
This world is an awesome place but even more so the One that created it! We can not fathom the intelligence and creativity required to create the laws of physics balanced with the physical matter (air,…
Created 5 months ago
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Job's Reputation
In this chapter Job reflects on the joy that his stellar reputation, children and possessions used to bring him before he lost everything. He very much valued the perks that accompanied the position that…
Created 5 months ago
Job 29:1 (NIV), Job 29:2 (NIV), Job 29:3 (NIV), Job 29:4 (NIV), Job 29:5 (NIV), Job 29:6 (NIV), Job 29:7 (NIV), Job 29:8 (NIV), Job 29:9 (NIV), Job 29:10 (NIV), Job 29:11 (NIV), Job 29:12 (NIV), Job 29:13 (NIV), Job 29:14 (NIV), Job 29:15 (NIV), Job 29:16 (NIV), Job 29:17 (NIV), Job 29:18 (NIV), Job 29:19 (NIV), Job 29:20 (NIV), Job 29:21 (NIV), Job 29:22 (NIV), Job 29:23 (NIV), Job 29:24 (NIV), Job 29:25 (NIV)
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Why does God not judge the wicked?
This is a central question posed by Job throughout his conversation. why does God not judge the wicked? We see a similar question posed today sometimes by believers and many times by those that do not…
Created 5 months ago
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Untitled Note
God, I pray that you spare my children and my grand children. Please do not punish them for my offenses. Rather teach me to follow you and to encourage my children to put you first in their lives.
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-01-06
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sins of the youth
In this discourse Job was confident that he was blameless before God. However, he does mention the sins of his youth. Obviously there must have been a time when he was more prone to folly. It is apparent…
Created 5 months ago
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God was proud of Job
Job feared and honored God. This made God proud of Job even to the point that God mentioned Job to Satan when Satan mentioned that he had been roaming on the earth. When we honor God and make him a priority…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2012-01-03
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Life Blood - The Beginning of God's Covenant With Man
As part of God's covenant with Noah and the rest of living creation God states in Genesis 9:4 that we should not eat the meat that has the life blood still in it. This is the foundation of the kosher…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-12-31
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-12-23
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Don't forget Jesus the teacher
We seem to forget that Jesus was a teacher and highly intelligent. We focus on God's amazing qualities but his teachings are not only moral and right they are also the most intelligent option. Follow…
Created 6 months ago
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The final of three warnings
This is the final of three warnings winding down the sermon on the mount. Jesus was speaking in Galilee which is very hot. You need to dig down about three feet before you hit bedrock. Building on bedrock…
Created 6 months ago
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Second warning
Second of three warnings winding down the sermon on the mount. See this passage in the message translation. It states that a true prophet would not exploit your emotion or pocket book. False prophets…
Created 6 months ago
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First of three warnings
This is the first of three warnings winding down the sermon on the mount. The narrow gates of that time would only allow one person at a time. Don't follow the crowd.
Created 6 months ago
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Pearls before swine
A prime example of throwing your pearls before the swine is a young lady giving herself physically to a man before marriage. He will likely not value her sacred gift and will likely turn on her and break…
Created 6 months ago
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Ask seek knock
Ask, seek and knock is in the midst of a passage that focuses on our relationships with others and how we relate to others - including warnings about judging others. Jesus was saying that we should ask…
Created 6 months ago
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What was the law and prophets
This refers to all of the scriptures and prophecies that came before Jesus. How have people viewed the bible? 1. Timeless truth 2. Allegory 3. Rules & regulations needed to earn salvation. Note that…
Created 7 months ago
David Holt
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