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  • Isaiah 2:22

    Isaiah 2:22 (NASB)
    Stop regarding man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemed?

    Created 5 months ago

  • Isaiah 1:17

    Isaiah 1:17 (NASB)
    Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Isaiah 1:15

    Isaiah 1:15 (NASB)
    "So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

    Created 5 months ago

  • The Red Tent

    The Red Tent is a must-read! It is an eloquent story of Dinah and the tribe of Jacob. It's one of my absolute most favorite novels.

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 33:4 (NASB), Genesis 34:3 (NASB), Genesis 34:4 (NASB)

  • I love Essau

    He is truly a good man and I believe to be the better, more godly brother.

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 33:4 (NASB)

  • Genesis 31:49

    Genesis 31:49 (NASB)
    and Mizpah, for he said, "May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from the other.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-01-06

  • Same Lord of All People's

    Romans 10:12 (NASB)
    For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;

    Created 5 months ago

  • Salvation

    Romans 10:9 (NASB)
    that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

    Created 5 months ago

  • Works vs Faith

    Romans 9:32 (NASB)
    Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

    Created 5 months ago

  • Favoritism

    This bothers me. Really? Is that true of a perfect God?

    Created 5 months ago

    Romans 9:18 (NASB)

  • Circumcision is WEIRD!!!

    Sorry, but it really is weird.

    Created 5 months ago

    Romans 1:25 (KJV), Romans 1:26 (KJV)

  • God Shows No Favoritism

    Also, translated as "God shows no favoritism," which is contradictory to much of the Old Testament with verses saying that God hated Essau, but loved Jacob. Hmm. I believe Romans over the Old Testament,…

    Created 5 months ago

    Romans 2:11 (NASB)

  • Fascinating Article - William Placher

    Is the Bible True? (http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=5) by William C. PlacherSimilar issues arise with the much-debated issue of homosexuality. We don’t know much about what forms…

    Created 5 months ago

    Romans 1:26 (NASB), Romans 1:27 (NASB)

  • I love Dinah!

    She totally rocks! Read THE RED TENT (http://http://www.amazon.com/Red-Tent-Anita-Diamant/dp/0312195516) . :)

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 30:21 (NASB)

  • Genesis 30:21

    Genesis 30:21 (NASB)
    Afterward she bore a daughter and named her Dinah.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Sex Trafficking & Slavery - Ok by God?

    These verses could totally justify sex trafficking as well as slavery. I realize this is "history," but the idea that these are God's people with not so much as a slap on the wrist from God is deeply…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 30:3 (NASB), Genesis 30:4 (NASB)

  • Anti-feminist Tones

    This verse is just plain sad.  Poor Leah.  :( She feels like the only reason her husband (who didn't want her in the first place) will love her is because she has given birth to sons.  What kind of godly…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 29:32 (NASB)

  • The Red Tent

    The Red Tent (http://http://www.amazon.com/Red-Tent-Anita-Diamant/dp/0312195516) is one of my favorite books and a must-read! Reading it alongside these chapters of Genesis is an incredible experience.…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 29:11 (NASB), Genesis 29:12 (NASB)

  • Genesis 29:11-12

    Genesis 29:11-12 (NASB)
    Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted his voice and wept.

    Created 5 months ago

  • I do the very thing I Hate

    Romans 7:15 (NASB)
    For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Lot Casts Virgin Daughters to Rapists

    I have a hard time believing he was a godly man...

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 19:8 (NASB)

  • Lot Casts Virgin Daughters to Rapists

    Genesis 19:8 (NASB)
    Now behold, I have two daughters who have not had relations with man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof."

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: questionable

  • Free from Sin

    Romans 6:11 (NASB)
    Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Free from Sin

    Romans 6:6-7 (NASB)
    knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

    Created 5 months ago

  • Saving a City for 10 Innocents

    Genesis 18:32 (NASB)
    Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the ten."

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: war

  • Circumcision Covenant

    Genesis 17:12 (NASB)
    And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: circumcision

  • Hagar

    Genesis 16:10 (NASB)
    Moreover, the angel of the Lord said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: islam

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-12-26

  • Abram Sexually Sacrifices Sarah to Pharoah

    Genesis 12:13 (NASB)
    Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you."

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: abraham

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-12-26

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-12-26

  • Tower of Babel

    This is funny to me and really makes no sense compared to what we have accomplished in the 20-21st centuries. 1. Heaven is not up in the sky or anywhere a man made tower could reach. I mean, come on,…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 11:6 (NASB)

  • Funny Compared to Modern Day

    Genesis 11:6 (NASB)
    The Lord said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: babel

  • Meditation

    Psalm 1:2 (NASB)
    But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: meditation

  • God Hates Violence- Noah

    Genesis 6:11 (NASB)
    Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: god hates violence

  • God was sorry he created man

    Genesis 6:6 (NASB)
    The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: doesn't fit modern theology

  • Enoch

    Genesis 5:24 (NASB)
    Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: famous prophets

  • Circumcision

    Romans 2:26 (NASB)
    So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: circumcision

  • God Shows no Favoritism

    Romans 2:11 (NASB)
    For there is no partiality with God.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: favoritism

  • Don't Judge Others

    Romans 2:1 (NASB)
    Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: judging others

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-12-22

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-12-22