Luke 1:57-80 & Matthew 1:18-25 Today’s texts both tell of angelic messengers who come…
The word “wall” comes from the Old English weall & Anglian wall meaning…
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lock-up also lockup: “detention cell for offenders,” 1838, perhaps short for earlier lock-up house;…
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The word rest come from a late 14th century old french word resister meaning…
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Less than 10 days until Christmas. There’s work to be done, and fires to…
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The word exhaustion comes from the Latin work exhaustion meaning to drain out. It’s come…
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Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ in Hebrew) was a common alternative form of the name Joshua in later books of the Hebrew…
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Psalm 14 asserts Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt,…
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In Jeremiah 18:1-12 the prophet tells a parable story of the despair among the…
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The original Greek word for Faith in the Second Testament is the word πίστις…