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Jonathan Edwards on Pleasure

Jonathan Edwards: If we spend our lives in the pursuit of a temporal happiness; as riches or sensual pleasures; credit and esteem from men; delight in our children, and the prospect of seeing them well brought up, and well settled, and etc. All these things will be of...

Hide in the Shadow of the Almighty

These are more verses related to the post Salem Witch Trials and the Hem of the Savior’s Garment Ex 19:4 You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Dt 32:10–13 "He found him in a desert land,...

The Hem of the Savior’s Garment

Chickens, Boaz and Tears: Three Things that will Save your Eternal Life. Have you ever seriously considered the verse, "Away from me, I never knew you!" ? The Lord Jesus uses this warning in to show that not everyone who thinks...

The Secret Filter of Suffering

Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man     and makes flesh his strength,     whose heart turns away from the Lord. He is like a shrub in the desert,     and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,...

Isaiah 66, in Depth

The Principles of the Prophets are the themes of the Bible. Isaiah 66, Verse by Verse In this study we will go verse by verse, as opposed to an overview by color, which we did here. If you are not yet aware of the colors of the Principles of the Prophets, take a look...

Isaiah 66 reveals Principles of the Prophets

It was in Isaiah that I first noted the repeated themes I've been showing here on my blog. The message God burdened Isaiah with was the same one every other prophet spoke, and the same message given by Christ and his apostles. The Principles of the Prophets are the...

Amos & the Principles of the Prophets, Ch 1-2

Amos Chapters 1 & 2 Noise from Heaven "The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem...The pastures of the shepherds mourn and the top of Carmel withers" (v 2). God is not pleased. The Day of Judgment has come...or has it?  In Amos 1 and 2, God...

Canva: A Fun Way to Assess Student Achievement

Projects and presentations ultimately assess student learning. There are many good resources out there for presentations in history. As I mentioned in 10 Elements for Teaching History, resources like Prezi and Youtube are fun and stimulating for students. The free...

“We are willing to suffer all external losses”

  A Declaration for the Sake of the Christian Faith Chinese Churches face Persecution 2018  The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. Psalm 47:9 The Ancient of Days has always had this plan. Peoples (from...