Worth A Thousand
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When I first came to know Christ I was obsessed with the Apostle Paul. Reading through the book of Acts and his conversion experience in chapet 9 reminded me of my own story. I can vividly remember telling my friend, Joe Broussard, that I was "just like Paul." Little did I know how arrogant it was…
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There are few stories that capture the heart of adventure and the boldness of one empowered by God more than the story of David and Goliath. The story has been told for centuries and has become a staple for Sunday School classes around the world. It has been told with puppets, in costume, with…
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After 400 years of slavery in Egypt, the nation of Israel is finally delivered from the Egyptian whip by the powerful hand of God. Moses leads the people from the yoke of their oppressors en route to the promised land. The journey would be a refining process for the people of God.
Numbers 11:5–6…
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Tucked in the northern part of the City of Jerusalem is a site called "The Garden Tomb." It's located just north of the Damascus gate, overlooking a bus station just behind a place they call "Golgotha" (Hill of the Skull). It has been referred to by many as the protestant alternative to the Church…
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Remember Moses? He calls the nation of Israel to leave the slavery in Egypt and move to a place where God has set aside for them. It's a callback to the promised land given to Abraham hundreds of years previous. It's easy for us to wonder why they were so hesitant to leave Egypt. Weren't they…
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Take a second to read Luke 4:14-30. It's a familiar story. Jesus goes into the synagogue in Nazareth, as was His custom, and reads from the Torah scroll. There are some who suggest that the reading for the day was set ahead of time as well as the person who was to do the reading. We see 3rd and…
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As you're reading through the Old Testament, you'll find these odd references to "high places." Many of these places were pagan in nature and some of them even contained standing stones. These stones were not like the pillars that were created to commemorate an event (Joshua 4:2-3); instead…
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This is a mosaic floor from a synagogue that was discovered on the western shores of the Galilee. What's interesting about this mosaic is that it contains the signs of the zodiac surrounding an image of the sun god Helios. Why would a synagogue have these pagan symbols? Notice on the top of the…
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