Acts 10:44-47 (44) 44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. Bernard Palissy the French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman struggled for 16 years trying to find the secret for making fine china. He wanted it to be beautiful, translucent and indestructible. He was a poor […]
2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. One day some boys caught two chirping finches. They enthusiastically determined that they needed to teach the two chirping finches to sing. They owned a pet canary that could
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1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. German composer and musician, Johan Sebastian Bach, has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. Although he composed secular songs, sacred music was at the center of Bach’s interest most of
How do we reconcile Deut 5:9 with Eze18? Deut 5 :9 says that the sins of the fathers will be visited upon the children to the third and fourth generation. Ezekiel 18 repeatedly says this is not so. So the question is this: does God visit the sins of the fathers on the children to
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Romans 7:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. When Tim and Jill acquired little Hammy they bought him a nice cage. Cedar shavings were placed in the bottom so he would have a comfortable aromatic place to sleep. He had
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What’s in your can? Proverbs 17:4,5 say, 4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. 5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. KJV The Contemporary English Version says, 4 Troublemakers listen to troublemakers, and liars listen
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Daniel 1:12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Psychologist, Walter Mischel, performed an experiment which seems very similar to that proposed by Daniel. Preschool children were told they could have one marshmallow immediately. However, if they would wait while Dr. Mischel ran
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Proverbs 23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: Arthur drank, smoked, gambled, and danced his way through the corridors of sin. During those years he met a young man by the name of Elvis Presley. Arthur and Elvis played and sang in the bars on Beal Street in Memphis, TN. But as Arthur