Tag: relativism

• Just Like Egypt

  16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?” 18“I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals. 19Now…

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  October 1, 2025

  1 kings

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• Stop Expecting a Samuel Moment and Open Your Bible

  8And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the LORD was calling the boy. 9Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, LORD, for your servant hears.’”–1 Samuel 3 For the…

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  February 4, 2025

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• Postmodern Pilate

  37Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” 38Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”–John…

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  August 8, 2023

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• Jesus Defines Truth

  17Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.–John 17 There are two foundational categories of philosophy. Metaphysics deals with reality and how matters came to be. Epistemology deals with knowledge and what things can be understood or known. You might summarize them personally as What defines my existence? and What can I know? I have…

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  August 7, 2023

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• Israel Became Canaan

  16Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?” 17And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel. 18Yet we cannot give them wives from our daughters.”…

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  October 2, 2022

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• What Rules the Selfish Heart?

  1Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines. 2Then he came up and told his father and mother, “I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah. Now get her for me as my wife.”3But his father and mother said to him, “Is there not…

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  September 24, 2022

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• Who Alone

  18Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,who alone does wondrous things.–Psalm 72 Solomon wrote this one. Your understanding of this verse comes down to if you place anyone or anything else in Yahweh, the God of Israel’s category. The Hebrew word Solomon used occurs about a dozen times in the Old Testament. Here are a…

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  May 23, 2022

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