Tag: worship
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Between Sabbaths – Convocations and Holiness
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. Leviticus 23:2 KJV Holy Holidays We’ve lost something of the holiness of the holidays in the translation. Worldliness seeps steadily into our daily lives and we…
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The Three o’clock Prayer Service
CHRISTIAN NEWS HEADLINES You will not see these HEADLINES in the Jerusalem News twenty-one centuries ago or even now. MIRACLE! ישוע המשיח עלה! Changes in Worship Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. Acts:3:1 NLT Post-resurrection Christians frequently miss some subtlety of detail in…
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A Psalm of Thanksgiving – Psalm 100, Psalm 50
Psalm 100 Who is giving thanks? And to whom? “For what do we give thanks on Thanksgiving?” The New International Version tells us it is For giving grateful praise. The New King James Version calls it, A Song of Praise for the Lord’s Faithfulness to His People and the English Standard Version, borrowing from its text reminds us, His Steadfast…
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Interrupting Jesus 4 – Samaritans & family black sheep
Israel. Let’s get something straight: There was NO Israel in the Roman Empire. (Just take a look at the map). Call it Israel or call it Palestine; you will see that to the Romans, Judeans and Samaritans, Israel does not exist except as part of a long-gone past. A certain hatred existed in the days of…