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Monthly Archives: September 2019

17 Sep

The Power of Words

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Words have power. Solomon, sometimes called “the wisest man who ever lived,” wrote, “The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing,” and “The tongue has the power of life and death”(Proverbs 12:18; 18:21). Too many people experienced the power of words because when they were young, someone, maybe an abusive parent or teacher, used words like these with them: “You’re stupid.” “You’re ugly.” “You can’t sing.” “You’re good for nothing.” “You’ll never…..

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08 Sep

Who in the world was Timna?

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In all the years I’ve studied the Bible, I don’t ever remember noticing Timna. It’s not surprising since her name always appears in a long list of genealogies — you know the lists of strange-sounding names which we like to skip over when we’re reading through the Bible. Actually, Timna’s name appears six times in two books of the Bible — one being almost a mirror image of the other. Genesis 36 details the descendants of Esau, father of the…..

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