Category: TalkofJESUS.com – OLD Testament
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a Failure of Kings Advent 4 of Christ
What do you think about Kings? Who is your King? Perhaps your gut response would be no different than that of the high priests of Jerusalem at the capital trial of Jesus. The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. Gospel of John 19:15b King James Version You may say that WE have…
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Now is the Time Christmas Advent 3
Does anybody really know what time it is? Chorus overlap: “I don’t care…” Does anybody really care? from ‘Chicago Transit Authority’ (1969) Time in Perpetuity I asked you in the first ADVENT post of this calendar year: ‘Have you considered that in the time of Noah and Before Christ GOD cleansed the earth of all but…
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Advent 2 of Christmas Evangelicalism
Advent ‘Advent of what’ we ask? a Nativity Scene on the mantle for Advent and our annual Christmas feast? A COVID Christmas – Shall we take Jesus out of the box includes history of Christmas in the U.S. December 1, 2020 C.E. “Before what?” Last time in our ADVENT 1 post from this 2024 Common…
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Before Christmas Evangelicalism Advent 1
Before Christ Have you ever thought of the meaning of it? Can we comprehend a time Before the first Christmas? Before Creation And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the…
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in the time of old age
Funerals and Feasts It seems that Providence has brought me to more funerals than feasts lately. We thank God for those wedding feasts and monthly social gatherings of friends. Births of children and grandchildren bring great joy to the hearts of the living and memories of our aging generation. But now that I have surpassed…
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An Adjudicator of Grace in Every Era
What is the first SCRIPTURE that comes to mind when I ask you to tell me about GRACE? Go ahead and COMMMENT with the first BIBLE verse YOU recall. & Tell us what it speaks to YOU that exemplifies GRACE. Since only 15 of the 132 verses naming Grace occur in the Old Testament chances…