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QA: Where Is God When Storms Cause Death?

My QA: Where is God when storms cause death and destruction? from December 12, 2021, is now available in Questions Answered.

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Psalm 72: Your Throne, O God, Is Forever

My Psalms Commentary on Psalm 72: Your Throne, O God, is Forever and Ever, is now available in Devotions from Psalms.

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Weekly Bible Study in Proverbs Continues

My Proverbs Commentary continues for your weekly Bible study with the following segments:

#81: Don't Drown In a Rainstorm! taken from Proverbs 14:9 and Proverbs 22:3

#83: Simply Lost, taken from Proverbs 14:15-16 and Proverbs 1:4

#84: The Wicked Should Take a Bow! taken from Proverbs 14:19, Proverbs 21:18, and Proverbs 22:12

#85: With Friends Like These ... taken from Proverbs 14:…

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QA: What Does "Kingdom Divided Is Brought To Desolation" Mean?

My QA: What is meant by, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation"? from October 3, 2021, is now available in Misunderstood Scriptures. It is also available in Questions Answered.

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Weekly Bible Study in Proverbs Continues

My Proverbs Commentary continues for your weekly Bible study with the following segments:

#57: Deliver Me! from Proverbs 12:12 - 13, Proverbs 21:10,  Proverbs 12:28, and Proverbs 15:29

#61: A Fool Is a Blabbermouth! from Proverbs 12:23, Proverbs 10:12, Proverbs 10:19, Proverbs 13:16, Proverbs 15:2, Proverbs 17:27-28, and Proverbs 16:23

#67: Sickening Disappointment from Proverbs 13:12

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Proverbs Commentary: Proverbs 13:15, 17, 19, 24 Out Now

Proverbs 11:22, 23, 30: The Results of Cosmetics Without Character

My Proverbs Commentaries continue with Segment 45: Cosmetics Without Character, based on Proverbs 11:22, Proverbs 19:11, Proverbs 31:30, and Proverbs 2:16-22; Segment 46: Determining Determination, based on Proverbs 11:23, Proverbs 12:5-6; Proverbs 12:20; Proverbs 14:22; and Proverbs 21:10; and Segment 50: The Results of a Good Life, taken from Proverbs 11:30-31. These and the entire Proverbs Comm…

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Outline Available for Kings and Chronicles

My REVISED Bible Outline for 1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles, a timeline of the Israelite kings from David onwards, is now available in Bible Books Outlined.

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Proverbs 12:8-10 Commentary Now Available

My Proverbs commentary continues with Segment #53: How To Be Remembered based on Proverbs 12:8 and Proverbs 18:3; Segment #54: Who Has Bragging Rights? based on Proverbs 12:9, Proverbs 25:16, Proverbs 25:27, and Proverbs 27:2; and Segment #55: Pets R People? taken from Proverbs 12:10. These are available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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1 & 2 Samuel REVISED Outline Now Available

My REVISED Outline for 1 and 2 Samuel is now available in Bible Content, Bible Outlines.

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Proverbs Commentaries Continue: Segments #154, #155, #156

My Proverbs commentary continues with Segment #154 Scram Scram! taken from Proverbs 21:6-7; Segment #155 A Rambling Wreck, taken from Proverbs 21:16; and Segment #156 Where to Discover Oil, taken from Proverbs 21:20.

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Proverbs Commentary Continues With Segments #77 and #184

My Proverbs Commentary continues with Segment #77: Clean Trough, No Food, based on Proverbs 14:4; and Segment #184: Are You Too Full to Eat? taken from Proverbs 27:7.

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Proverbs Commentary #56: Don't Buy the Farm... Yet!

My Proverbs commentary continues with Segment #56: Don't Buy the Farm -- Yet! taken from Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 28:19; Proverbs 13:23; Proverbs 27:18; and Proverbs 27:23. It is available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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REVISED: Outline of Joshua

My revised Outline of the Book of Joshua is now available in Bible Outlines.

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The Time Is Now: Short Available Now

When their government oppressed God's people, the Prophet Elijah asked the timid Israelites, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him" (1 Kings 18:21). Good people cannot survive in a society (or world!) by shrinking away from the inevitable choice: good or evil. Joshua challenged his people: “choose for yourselves this day whom you …

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Proverbs Segment #161: The Sin of Revisionist History

My Proverbs Commentary continues with Segment #161: The Sin of Revisionist History, recently REVISED and based on Proverbs 22:28 and Proverbs 23:10-11. All my Proverbs commentary is available FOR FREE TO DOWNLOAD on Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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Proverbs Segments #104 and #105: How Committed? And Real "Peace Accords"

My Proverbs Commentary continues with Segment #104: How Committed Are You? taken from Proverbs 16:3-4; and Segment #105: Real "Peace Accords" taken from Proverbs 16:7; Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs 24:17-18; and Proverbs 25:21-22. These are all available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs and can be FREELY used for individual and classroom Bible study.

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Proverbs Segment #47: Banking Or Giving

My Proverbs Commentary continues with Segment #47: Banking or Giving, taken from Proverbs 11:24-25, which is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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Proverbs Segment #76: You Said Wha-a-t?

My Proverbs commentary continues with Proverbs 14:3 featured in Segment #76: You Said Wha-a-t?, which is now available in Studies from the Book of Proverbs.

 

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Follow Destruction With Faith: Mini Article Available

As Elijah watched, “behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice” (1 Kings 19:11-12). Earthly powers…

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