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Soul Seeds: Divine Order

To those raised in the rather corrupt version of Judaism which held sway in Jesus’ day, the idea wealth and power were not signs of God’s favor came as a shock. Even having been with Jesus quite some months, the … Continue reading

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Soul Seeds: Casting Aside Your Burdens

“Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than … Continue reading

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Soul Seeds: Worthy of All Sacrifice

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the Kingdom of Heaven … Continue reading

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Zephaniah 3

How should Jerusalem remain exempt from God’s wrath if she is no different from Nineveh? In times past, when disaster struck the people would turn from their sins and call on Jehovah. Now they simply turn to ever worse sins. … Continue reading

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In the Prison of Anger

One of the folks here in my neighborhood went to jail recently. The tale is long and complicated, and I know only half the story, if that much. The woman in question has had a difficult life, to say the … Continue reading

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Soul Seeds: Hard Paths

“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads … Continue reading

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Soul Seeds: Pigs and Pearls

“Do not give what is holy to dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.” (Matthew 7:6) The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) was not a … Continue reading

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Soul Seeds: Treasured Living

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not … Continue reading

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Soul Seeds: Salt and Light

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. “You are the light of … Continue reading

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Real Men of the Bible

With all the blather about Alpha Males in the manosphere, I keep running into all this pitiful, silly overwrought detail chasing so characteristic of failed Western Civilization. (If you are new to this blog, I’ll take a moment to point … Continue reading

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