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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Verse 1b “…with the overseers and deacons;” The term “overseers” is not so much an office as it is a responsibility, a position of action. The verb form of this word indicates a looking after, taking care of responsibility. In 1 Timothy Paul says the overseer “…takes care of” God’s…
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Continue reading →: Comments On Philippians
Chapter One The first five verses of chapter one are effectively a complete thought and in most English translations treated as a complete sentence. Because of the nature of this publication I will discuss them one verse at a time. However, I suggest that in your own study you read…
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Continue reading →: Blog Opening
I am restarting my blog with a comments on Philippians verse by verse study. Hope you will join me and others as we look at this interesting letter from Paul. There will also be other subjects covered, including a study of the Temple in the Bible. I plan on including…
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Continue reading →: Audiobook
My book, The Red Shoe is now available in an audio book format. Check it out in a couple of days at Amazon.com under audio books.
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Continue reading →: Update
My blog has been inactive for months now due to the death of my wife. All former blogs have been turned into books and published on Amazon. I am currently in the process of redoing my website so that my books can be ordered directly from the site. I will…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Verses from Prophets
Malachi 4:5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.” When Jesus came many Israelites thought He was the promised Elijah but He was not. God did send an Elijah though, it was the one who proclaimed the coming of…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Verses from Prophets
Malachi 3:8 “Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions.” I would like to think that Israel is doing this in ignorance but I’m afraid the evidence opposes that possibility. These questions and answers in Malachi…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Verses from Prophets
Malachi 3:6 “For I do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.” God keeps His promises and that is a good thing for the children of Jacob because their behavior deserved a change. But, God keeps His word. Their sins were awful. So awful they deserved…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Verses from Prophets
Malachi 2:10 “Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?” Here is a basic truth not easily recognized by mankind. It explains conflicts, cruelty, and genocide in the history of mankind. All…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Verses from Prophets
Malachi Malachi 1:2 “’I have loved you,’ says the LORD. But you say, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?’ declares the LORD. ‘Yet I have loved Jacob but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of…
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