Tag: syria
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Damascus Road: Witness into all the World
Witness from Jerusalem to Damascus Of all places the Apostles would not have ever thought the risen Christ would anoint yet another Apostle, a road to Damascus likely would have been the last place to come to mind. Jesus had led them to places beyond Galilee (now formally a part of Syria under the administration…
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Acts 8:1 Syria – Strategic Map into all of the world
Our cover photo may look like an intelligence map for a modern military operation in Syria. That’s right. War in Syria is hardly anything new under the sun. So you ask, what does this have to do with a first century Syria of the Roman Empire and Jesus’ great commission? Some text on Talk of…
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Swords & Sickles
Proclaim this among the nations: Consecrate for war; stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near; let them come up. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, “I am a warrior.” Joel 3:9-10 Consecrate them, says the LORD! Yes. It is a…
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Running from God – 5 – God pursues
Are you running from God? Here we have Elijah sulking in victory and awaiting defeat under the shade of a broom tree. We have heard the same Peter who would glorify Jesus and Moses and Elijah with a shrine, deny knowing Jesus when he risked imprisonment or execution for his confession of Christ. We have…
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The Scandal of a Virgin
Everything seemed to be in chaos; no real leadership to speak of in households in my country or surrounding countries. Armies of men, young men and even boys terrorizing our lives, then running away. Soldiers, they call themselves; robbing homes, taking what they please and offering it back to helpless widows. The men flee and…
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Saints & Martyrs; Bishops & Pawns – 2
1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. Yet as the Lord lives, evil reigns in the dark places of the lands. No man: rich or poor, Arab or Jew, Westerner or Easterner, religious or godless – no…
