Category: Notes
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An Anecdotal Rabbinic Story Highlighting a Presumptuous Confidence of the Continuance of Our Lives
At the feast which followed the circumcision the father served valuable old wine and said: “If I will live I will serve the same kind of wine at the wedding of my son,” and Rabbi Simeon replied : “Even as the child was today inducted into the covenant of Abraham he will grow to go…
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A Rebuttal to the Claim: There is No Relation Between the Plural Name Elohim and the Trinity
A conclusion was made by a Master Divinity graduate and history scholar that there is no relation between the plural name Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) and the trinity. His argument can be read in the following link below. First, this writer is technically more schooled than myself who is a M.Div graduate. So his perspective carries weight.…
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A Discussion Between Pope Innocent II and Thomas Aquinas (Acts 3:6)
There is a legend that has circulated for years about a discussion between Pope Innocent II and Thomas Aquinas. While counting a large sum of money, the Pope said, “You see, Thomas, the church can no longer say, ‘Silver and gold have I none.’” Thomas answered, “That is true, Holy Father, but neither can she…
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Looking Unto Jesus – A More Precise Meaning (Hebrews 12:1-2)
[Hebrews 12:1-2 KJV] 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of…
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Dead to the Law – What Does That Mean?
In Romans, Chapter 7, Paul says we are freed from the Law in the same way a wife is freed from the law of her husband who is dead. In Paul’s example, he says if a wife marries another man while her husband is alive, she would be guilty of adultery. But if the husband…
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Communion this Sunday – Sanctify Yourself Before the Lord (Exodus 19:10)
We will have communion this Sunday (Sep 6) at 10:30am. The importance of communion can be understood by reading this article. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 11:27-29, “Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the…
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The Importance of Miracles (Exodus 4:5)
Moses, while speaking with God in the burning bush, said “Behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice: for they will say, God has not appeared unto you”. (Exodus 4:1) Rightly did Moses question the believability of his instructions from God. Moses was concerned that if he told the Hebrews that God…
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