The Story of Abraham and Sarah (Children's Version) Once there was a man named Abram. One day the Lord came to talk to Abram, and Abram asked, "Who will have all my things when I die". God promised Abram and his wife Sarai that one day they would be parents, even though they were old and had no children. God wasn't sure that Abram understood. So that night He took him outside, and said, "Do you see all the stars that are in the sky"? When Abram looked up, the whole night sky was full of
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AFRICAN CHRISTIAN APOSTOLIC REVELATION OF MARRIAGE Many abuses, especially of women and children, happen under foreign practices which are falsely labeled African traditions, arts and culture, interestingly such classifications are made by non-Africans or Africans who Steve Biko said have “colonized minds”. When God send many foreign missionaries to Africa, in His grace to teach them, they generally see things differently. Many of them believe that they are bringing the Gospel to Africa, and
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I found the chapter 20 There is No God but Allah, and Muhammad is His Prophet very interesting to read. I’ve had previous knowledge about the Islamic Religion and the Arab people past of advances of mathematics in history when I was deployed to Kuwait but this chapter was shortly informative overall about the religion and past accomplishments on the Arab people. Although I don’t agree with the teachings of Muhammad I found the chapter interesting to read about the history of the birth of the Islam
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The Gay Debate Dear Mr. Robertson, Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them. a) When I burn
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events are the creation of life (heavens, earth, man, and woman), temptation, sin, first murder, flood, and life after. The main personalities in Genesis are: God, Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Noah, Abram (Abraham), and so on. Abraham Abraham, or Abram, lived from about 2166 – 1991 B.C., as they say. Abraham was young when God called him for an assignment. He was faithful and did as he was told. His story is told in Genesis 11 – 25, but he is also mentioned in Exodus, Acts, Romans, Galatians, and Hebrews
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In the Beginning, God The first lesson from the Book of Genesis is that from the beginning, actually before the beginning, there was only God (Gen 1:1; John 1:1-2). Theologian and author R.C. Sproul said that “If there ever was a time that absolutely nothing existed, all there could possibly be now is nothing.” God’s existence cannot be refuted by empirical knowledge. It is impossible to disprove His existence. Many will say that the burden of proof for His existence is on the believer but there
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present and the future? To better understand this question, let's call our dear old Abraham and Yitzhak and let's focus especially on the harder trial of life of Abraham, the sacrifice of Yitzhak. Note: in this context we will not try to explain and understand this trial but more limit our interest on how it can help us to better understand the necessity for End of Life process. How can we understand Abraham? His entire life was to fight against idolatry and human sacrifices. And when God asks
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Abrahams Covenant with God Abraham takes a great leap of faith with God. Abraham leaves behind everything to fulfill his covenant with God. Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth
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human desire and want bring them divine punishment at the tower of Babel. He then calls on Abraham to leave and start a new beginning with a plan to bless and redeem humanity. Jacob and Isaac, lead a new generation to carry out God’s plan. Esau’s sons Joseph was sold into slavery only to have God bring him to power in Egypt; showing the patriarchal fathers and the heritage of Gods people. Abraham: Abraham, meaning “father of a multitude”, lived for 175 years and was the son of Terah who was a
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Bible in an Hour Summary The Bible in an Hour by Wade Butler splits the Bible up with four different charts. They all cover different parts of the bible. The first chart depicts the whole Bible from beginning to end. Charts two and three covers the themes of the Old Testament. Chart four covers the New Testament. In chart one, the narrator starts off with talking about the infinity sign. It is very important when talking about the Bible and God. Infinity means that God creates time and all who
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