July 14

1086:
Toirdelbach Ua Briain passed away.  Born
in 1009, he was the King of Munster and the High King of Ireland. During his
reign, in 1079, Jews reportedly made their first appearance in the Emerald
Isle. “The Annals of Inisfallen record …

On July 1, Dr. Phil Cook officially began his tenure as the 18th president of Lee University, following a presidential transition announced earlier this year by the university’s Board of […]
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Most everyone is familiar with the story about the boy who cried, “wolf!” The mischievous shepherd boy repeatedly sent the herdsmen running with his false alarms. When a real wolf finally did come prowling, no one responded to the boy’s cries for help. In the past, I’ve noticed a good deal of false cries of […]

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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the airplane, the pessimist the parachute. George Bernard Shaw One of the most enduring qualities of mankind is its God-given ability to remain optimistic in the face of the direst situations. Optimism is a good attribute in someone who is trying to survive a tragedy […]

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One of the most well-known miracles in the Bible is the story of Jesus walking on the water. In Matthew 14:22-33, we are told: And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. And when he had sent […]

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The apostle Paul commands us to follow him and shows us how to think of the Jews and Israel according to God’s plan for them There is a great confusion in American Christianity today, one that threatens to tear it self apart at the seams. Many professing Christians have no idea how God views the […]

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John 1:13 "children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God" NIV.
Also: NET Bible "a husband’s desire".
Weymouth N.T. "the will of a human father".
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