The 2024 Young People’s Study Week at Rathmines in NSW was held from 6-14 July. The 400 attendees enjoyed a week full of spiritual and fraternal activity. Attendee preparations for the week began early in the year, with monthly workshops that focused on the studies for the week that were base…
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A recent article appeared in Vox magazine, written by its environmental correspondent, Benji Jones, which explores the uniqueness of a particular vine found in South America. These are the main points drawn from his article.
“More than a decade ago, a plant ecologist named Ernesto Gianoli …
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Questions
In what valley did the Israelite spies cut down one of cluster of grapes to illustrate the fruitfulness of the land?
Where was Achan the son of Zerah and his family stoned to death and burnt with fire?
What is the name of the valley which will be used for the graves of the host …
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An armoured terrorist lurks in the city. Suddenly, thousands of pieces of sticky rope fly at him from all directions. They bind together, immobilising him in a net. The net dissolves the intruder’s armour, and simultaneously signals for miniature robotic snipers to land on the net and use it …
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Questions
How many cubits did the waters prevail above the mountains while Noah and his family were in the ark?
Upon which mountains did the ark built by Noah come to rest?
To which mountain did Moses travel when he espied the burning bush that was not consumed?
Upon which mountain did…
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The English word, snail, occurs twice in the KJV. The first occasion is in a list of unclean creeping things: “And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole” (Lev 11:30). The Hebrew word in this place is chomet and most commentators identify it with a …
Questions
How did those in the wilderness, bitten by fiery serpents, live and not die?
If Israel kept Yahweh’s commandments, statutes, and judgments, what evil diseases of what country would not be placed upon them?
How many time times did Naaman have to dip himself in the Jordan river …
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An adult fruit fly emerges from the egg and pupa in about two weeks. As the eyes are developing in a fruit fly embryo, an amazing process unfolds. A wave of signals sweeps across stem cells, switching on certain progenitor cells to stop proliferating and signalling other cells to undergo programmed cell death (apoptosis). The result is an amazing organ—the compound eye—and it comes in matching left and right sides, like a pair of rubies.
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Questions
Who did Barak insist on accompanying him as a condition of him going to battle against Sisera?
Who slew Sisera with a tent nail/peg through his temple?
Which prophetess did Josiah enquire of through his servants after hearing the reading of the Book of the Law?
Who led the si…
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From 1928–1930 Louis Waynai of Los Angeles, California, crafted a 496kg Bible—one letter at a time, using a circular type-setting machine consisting of rubber letters.
Louis devoted more than 8700 hours replicating the King James Version on a massive scale. When laid open, the Wayn…
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