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  • abdication

    David should have been with his soldiers, but for some unexplained reason he sent Joab and stayed home. This was the beginning of a long downward slide for David. When we refuse to take care of our God…

    Created 20 days ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-04-19

  • 1Samuel 28:19 part 2

    Reread Luke 16 and now believe spirits of the dead can return to here. This assumes Jesus was telling historical event and not a parable. More to study!

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Where is Saul now?

    It appears as if Samuel is not only telling Saul that he and his sons will did the next day, but also that they will be in Heaven with Samuel. Perhaps this is reading too much into the dialog. It also…

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Psalm 17:14

    When I am repenting yet again for a sin (I seem to repeat the same ones), I sometimes wonder if I am any different than the people I know who tell me there is no god or they don't believe that Jesus is…

    Created about 1 month ago

  • "Cross" Dressing

    I have heard people use this as justification for banning women from wearing pants and men from wearing skirts. However, to do so would be to ignore the fact that during the time this was written men…

    Created 3 months ago

    Deuteronomy 22:5 (NIV)

  • Numbers 1:50

    Numbers 1:50 (NIV)
    Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law—over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge

    2012-02-24

  • no trailer behind a hearse

    As I read this passage it reminded me of the saying "you can't take it with you". Joseph invited Jacob to bring his entire family, including servants, to egypt where they would all be cared for. Joseph…

    Created 4 months ago

    Genesis 46:6 (NIV)

  • humbleness

    I have a misconception of humbleness. I think that if I quietly accept or even deny a compliment, then I am being humble and not thinking more highly of myself than I ought. But this is only the beginning…

    Created 4 months ago

    Genesis 41:16 (NIV)

  • patience

    Sometimes I think I am a patient person. I have even been blessed by having my wife tell me I am a good teacher because I am patient with the kids. By my patience is intermittent at best and it is not…

    Created 4 months ago

    Genesis 41:9 (NIV)

  • make love or sleep together

    I find it interesting that the phrase "made love" is used when Judah had sexual intercourse with his wife, but " slept together" is used when Inanimate had sexual intercourse with his sister-in-law and…

    Created 4 months ago

    Genesis 38:16 (NIV)

  • Righteous Lot???

    The first couple times I read this chapter I tried to figure out how offering daughters for heterosexual sex was better than offering guests for homosexual sex. I think my problem was that I was assuming…

    Created 4 months ago

    Genesis 19:8 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2012-01-16

  • dragons

    I have no problem believing that creatures matching what we call dragons existed and will be seen again on earth (Revelation 14). What is perplexing to me in trying to put a date on when Job lived. It…

    Created 5 months ago

    Job 41:18 (NIV), Job 41:19 (NIV)

  • orion

    is it possible to estimate when Job was written based upon the fact that the constellation orion uses the greek mythological name?

    Created 5 months ago

    Job 38:31 (NIV)

  • listen for God's guidance

    Isaiah 30:20-21 (NIV)
    Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them.

    Created 9 months ago

  • John 6:42

    John 6:42 (NIV)
    They said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I came down from heaven'?"

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 12:47

    John 12:47 (NIV)
    "If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 12:48

    John 12:48 (NIV)
    There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 12:49

    John 12:49 (NIV)
    For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 12:50

    John 12:50 (NIV)
    I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say."

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 10:16

    John 10:16 (NIV)
    I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Matthew 5:23

    Matthew 5:23 (NIV)
    "Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you,

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Matthew 5:24

    Matthew 5:24 (NIV)
    leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans

    2011-05-04

  • 1 Corinthians 10:13

    1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV)
    No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-04-26

  • Ecclesiastes 12:13

    Ecclesiastes 12:13 (NIV)
    Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Ecclesiastes 12:14

    Ecclesiastes 12:14 (NIV)
    For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 13:34

    John 13:34 (NIV)
    "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 13:35

    John 13:35 (NIV)
    By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Matthew 23:7

    Matthew 23:7 (NIV)
    they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called 'Rabbi' by others.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Matthew 23:17

    Matthew 23:17 (NIV)
    You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Matthew 23:23

    Matthew 23:23 (NIV)
    "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Mark 12:29

    Mark 12:29 (NIV)
    "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Mark 12:30

    Mark 12:30 (NIV)
    Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Mark 12:31

    Mark 12:31 (NIV)
    The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-04-22

  • Matthew 22:37

    Matthew 22:37 (NIV)
    Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Matthew 22:38

    Matthew 22:38 (NIV)
    This is the first and greatest commandment.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Matthew 22:39

    Matthew 22:39 (NIV)
    And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Matthew 22:40

    Matthew 22:40 (NIV)
    All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-04-22

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-04-20