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The Feast of Unleavened Bread was the third of seven feasts Israel was to observe. If it is the case that the two previous feasts, the Sabbath and Passover, are comparative to Christ and New Testament truths, then it stands that the Feast of Unleavened Bread does as well (Colossians 2:16-17). The issue presents a… Read More »

Everyone, at some point, has tried putting on a doctor, engineer, or financial adviser hat as we guess the meaning and solution of things.  Assessing health issues, building techniques, or financial planning, with no formal training, can be detrimental.  Unfortunately, many people approach religion with the same casual attempt as assessing a health issue.  The… Read More »

Bible Study part 3 by John Robertson The Bible is a mystery, an enigmatic puzzle that must be figured out within each of our lifetimes (1 Corinthians 2:6-7). The mysteries of truth are given to those that seek them out while it is concealed from those that are not interested (Jeremiah 6:10 and Luke 8:9-10… Read More »

The Mystery of Babylon in the Bible by John Robertson The apostle John sees a woman sitting upon a seven headed beast that has ten horns at Revelation 17:3. She is identified as “the great city” Babylon (Revelation 17:18 compared to Revelation 11:8 and 16:19).  This woman has written upon her forehead, “Mystery, Babylon the… Read More »

Bible Study Part 2 by John Robertson A significant thing to understand, when studying the Bible, is that one verse does not tell the entire picture of God’s will (we must connect dots for a full picture).  The student of God’s word must have the rare quality of mind that is willing to read and… Read More »

Forgiveness is a Big Deal The apostle Paul writes, “7 in whom(Christ) we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace” (Ephesians 1:7). Much of the religious world today looks at God’s grace, the forgiveness of sins, in a very casual and noneventful way. When, however, we… Read More »

A novice reading an article describing how Bitcoin and altcoins work is left baffled.  Here is a clip of an article describing the altcoin Polkadot. “The relay chain is responsible for achieving consensus and transaction delivery among parachains.  Parachains are application-specific blockchains within the Polkadot network. Each parachain is an entire blockchain in and of… Read More »

The 2023 holiday season is getting long in the tooth. Thanksgiving has come and gone. Christmas and New Years Day will soon be past. It is a wonderful time of the year due to seeing family members that have not been seen since the last holiday season. The fact that a year has come and… Read More »

BIBLE VERSE “12 Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God: 13 but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called today; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin”… Read More »

Conservative or Liberal by Larry Tomllin Many groups calling themselves churches of Christ do not strictly follow Christ. Such as it was in the first century, Romans 9:6. A problem arises in how to talk about these churches that use the same name yet teach differently (Gal 1:6-9). In English, we do this with descriptive… Read More »