Day: May 25, 2017

How Salty Are You?

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 Dr. Mike Murphy Salt.  Most will recognize it quickly the moment its’ flavor hits your taste buds.  But history shows us that salt is so much more valuable than just for flavor. Salt was not only used to enhance our food, salt was used to preserve our food. Up until refrigeration came into being, salt was used to keep food, and by rubbing, packing, or placing food on salt, food was able to be keep for longer periods of time.  But salt was so much more in ancient days. Salt was a valuable commodity in many cultures.  The word “salary” …

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EVIDENCE OF 2,000-YEAR-OLD BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM UNEARTHED IN CITY OF DAVID

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BYDANIEL K. EISENBUD MAY 25, 2017 12:53 “These finds tell the story of the last battle between the Roman forces and the Jewish rebels who had barricaded themselves in the city, a battle that resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem.” To mark Jerusalem’s jubilee celebration commemorating the Six Day War, the Israel Antiquities Authority on Thursday unveiled rare relics from the 2,000-year-old battle for the capital that took place on the eve of the destruction of the Second Temple. Findings, including well-preserved arrowheads and stone ballista balls, were discovered on the main street that ascended from the city’s gates and the …

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Our God of Comfort

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God will go to great lengths to show us comfort and compassion when we really need it     2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.   God’s care for us extends even to the details of our lives. He knows when His children hurt, and He longs to offer …

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A Humble Servant

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1 Samuel 16:1–11 16 And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou …

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In Christ Alone

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As we all know, ALL is inclusive of everything with not one thing left out. All lacks nothing. It is complete. With that in mind, I saw how in Colossians 1:15-23, the word ALL appears nine times referring to the Lord Jesus Christ. Can there be any doubt as to the place and supremacy of Christ alone! 1:15&16 “…firstborn of ALL creation because in Him were created ALL things..” 1:16 “…ALL things through Him and for Him have been created.” 1:17 “And He is before ALL things and in Him ALL things consist” 1:18 “… so that in ALL things …

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