And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.’ ” ~ New American Standard Bible – NASB 1995 (Kindle Locations 44740-44742). How often do we try to manipulate […]
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Secret Things
“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law. ~ New American Standard Bible – NASB 1995 (Without Translators’ […]
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For Epicurus, the purpose of philosophy was to attain the happy, tranquil life, characterized by ataraxia—peace and freedom from fear—and aponia—the absence of pain—and by living a self-sufficient life surrounded by friends. ~ Wikipedia Resolutions are experiments in absurdity for […]
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I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. ~ Judges 2:3 KJV (story told by Quanah Parker) Gods we put before […]
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