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Profane
Reading through the Bible for my second time this year, I arrived at Leviticus again and the word “profane” stood out to me. It is found 26 times in the Old Testament of the King James Version and seven in the New. Fifteen of those total times are in Leviticus. In eighteenth century English dictionaries, […]
What Is Worldly Worship?
At least twenty years ago, from scripture I came to the following as a definition of worship. It is my definition, but I believe it reflects what the Bible says. “Worship is acknowledging or recognizing God for Who He is according to His Word and giving Him what He says that He wants.” If I […]
Is Piercing One’s Self or Having One’s Self Pierced Compatible with God?
In the history of the world and then the more specific history of the United States, new beliefs and practice begin that differ from what was previously believed and practiced. Those beliefs and practices are either corrections or improvements to what was previously occurring or they are perversions, corruptions, or deterioration to or from what […]
The Belly or the Bowels (part two): Either a Belly Church or a Bowel Church
Part One In Philippians 3:19, the Apostle Paul uses these words: “whose God is their belly.” Let’s play a thought experiment with a potential reader of those words at the end of that chapter of Paul’s epistle to the Philippians church. He says, My God is not my belly, so Paul isn’t talking about me. […]
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