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Continue reading →: Toby’s Bear
Toby’s birthday came and went. Maize gave him enough money to buy ice cream for him and Hannah. Toby chose the ice cream shop that was just a block from the wall and green bench. He wanted Hannah to see where he would be working. He called it working even…
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Continue reading →: Comments on James
Chapter 3, Verses 11-12 “Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.” James is not about making fun of his listeners understanding of basic…
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Continue reading →: Blind and Deaf
Blind and Deaf (Philip Dampier) There are none as blind as we, Though given eyes we cannot see How much we need to trust in thee For the saving of our souls. So proud we are of all we do We seem to feel we can help you By sitting…
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Continue reading →: Comments on James
Chapter 3, Verse 10 “From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.” James goes from tongue to mouth, but we understand that his concern is our speech. The mouth is capable of talking out of both sides as the saying goes. The…
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Continue reading →: Toby’s Bear
Toby’s Bear by Philip Dampier Beyond the cracked sidewalk, and the telephone pole with layers of flyers in a rainbow of colors, and the patch of dry brown grass stood a ten-foot high concrete block wall, caked with dozens of coats of paint. There was a small shrine at the…
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Continue reading →: Comments on James
Chapter 3, Verse 9 “With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.” There is a lot said in the scriptures about blessing God. It is how many Jews began the day. Maybe how some of you begin…
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Continue reading →: Post Rapture
Post Rapture After the rapture, according to dispensationalist, certain events will take place according to their end-time doctrine. They are briefly: 1. The rapture will be followed by a period of seven years which will see the judgments of God poured out on the non-Christians. A world leader (Antichrist) will…
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Continue reading →: Comments on James
Chapter 3, Verses 7-8 “For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.” At some point in history, domestication of the animal…
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Continue reading →: Comments on James
Chapter 3, Verse 6 “And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.” Because of the Greek construction in the middle of the verse there…
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Continue reading →: Weeping May Endure for a Night (Psalm 30:5)
Episode 5 “You said they made you do terrible things. What do you mean, terrible things?” “You know, sexual things. Billy couldn’t stand it. That’s why he killed himself.” “No, Hannah! I thought it was an accidental overdose.” “No, Ma’am. He couldn’t handle the beatings or the…” Hannah was unable…
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