Month: July 2007
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Samuel Jacobson, Seeker of Knowledge – Part 2
I am the one who has come down from heaven to reveal the things of heaven, but I am also the one who must be lifted up to return to heaven, that all may see me and know the way to eternal life.’I lay there a long time, weeping –…
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Samuel Jacobson, Scribe of Nicodemus – Part 1
Not that this lying rabble rouser deserved any better, but it was brutally unfair that gentle Nicodemus had to carry out the dark deed.When he left that night for the encounter, he looked like a man carrying his own cross to a Roman execution.
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Confessing the Trinity – Doctrine 101
Still, I decided to retype it here as an exercise.The Apostles’ CreedI believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and EarthAnd in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our LordWho was conceived by the Holy Spirit,born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilatewas crucified, dead, and buried.He descended…
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My Brother Doc Prabhak
One of the reasons I often go by “Dr. Ernie” is that my family is full of “real” (medical) Doctor Prabhakars. That, and it is too hard to pronounce or spell! But my elder brother (and surgeon) Larry managed to acquire the hip-sounding nickname “Doc Prabhak” while chaperoning his son’s Kantorei choir trip. In the…
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The Doctrine of the Trinity in History – Doctrine 101
Rather than reading a book and filling out a worksheet, we are asked to: Listen to the audio file The Doctrine of the Trinity in History, taking notes.Produce an outline summary of the presentation.Submit your summary to your mentor.Thank God for the newly free A/V Controls in QuickTime player, which…
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Proverbs 3:5-6 SOAP (Scripture Observation Application Prayer) for LDT
In this case, it might mean that we are: trusting the Lord with a partial hearttrusting ourselves with our whole hearttrusting the Lord with our whole mind, not our heartleaning on our own understandingacknowledging God in some of our waysSound like anyone you know?Again, this isn’t in any way meant…
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Proverbs 3 Miss Understanding
More, we need to actively fear God’s punishment if we try to abuse that world for own selfish purposes.But this fear doesn’t weaken us, it strengthens us:It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.In fact, the more we give over to God, the better off we’ll…
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God is Trinity – Doctrine 101
What point is it making?The selected stanzas of the following Christmas hymn will help you think about the answer to question # 5.”The Incarnation”The great God of heaven is come down to earth,His mother a virgin and sinless His birth;The Father Eternal His Father alone;He sleeps in the manger; He…
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