The town of Zarephath in the land of Sidon. I am going to guess very few people could point that out on a map.. but judging by the people’s reaction when Jesus mentioned it, we can guess that it was a place which the people of Judah disliked. The town name means smelting furnace… the […]
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This week we begin our trip into the book of Genesis. It is so foundational of a book that it takes us from the beginning of the world to the Jewish people heading down to Egypt. From the fall of mankind to the genesis of the exodus. The book is named after the first few
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I am always happy to speak about the Old Testament… After all it is not a part of the Scriptures that Christians in general know very well. Sure, we all probably have Genesis and Exodus down pretty well… but Ecclesiastes?? Let’s talk about the book Except for a pretty famous song by the Byrds back
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To read parts one click here https://deacondavestowell.com/the-story-of-creation/ For part 2 here: https://deacondavestowell.com/genesis-chapter-1/ Continued Truths Well one notices that nowhere along the line do we need to believe in a certain amount of days or that the birds came before or after the things that “Crawled on the ground”. Of course I do find it so interesting
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If you missed part 1 please read it here: https://deacondavestowell.com/the-story-of-creation/ For whatever reason Religion has over the years been ostracized for not believing in Science. I am sure that this got locked into place simply because it kind of made some sense. The Humanists point toward the Creation stories and mock them. Most people of
How we each look at the first chapters of Genesis is somewhat of a bell weather for how we think about the Earth, God, and human beings in general. Two Choices only In the middle 1850’s all of a sudden there was the great struggle between the Creationists and the group, probably called at the
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To the penitent God provides a way back, he encourages those who are losing hope and has chosen for them the lot of truth. Return to him and give up sin,” Sirach 17:24-5 What an amazing reading from Sirach this morning. For the past couple of weeks we have been reading this wisdom book which
