It was an exciting and unifying experience as our ecclesia at Blackburn prepared to sponsor the September 2023 Rathmines Bible School. Some of us were well seasoned travellers when it came to Bible School and for others, it was our very first time. We worked together to make sure each activity…
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The annual Bible School is held in a campsite on the very banks of beautiful Geographe Bay in the south west of WA. Just on the outskirts of Busselton, the school is held in Spring each year and this year we were blessed with glorious weather, excellent studies, great fellowship and as a…
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The relatively recent discovery of ocean currents is attributed to Matthew Maury (1806-1873) who was an American naval officer and oceanographer.
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The science of animal self-medication is called zoopharmacognosy, derived from the roots, zoo (“animal”), pharma(“drug”), and gnosy (“knowing”). It’s not clear how much knowing or learning is involved, but many animals seem to have an innate ability to detect the therapeutic constituents in plants and other natural products.
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Who do you think you are? It sounds simple, but it’s a question that you might not have carefully considered before. How do you define yourself? Who do you identify as? What do you say when someone asks you, “Tell me a bit about yourself?”
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We might wonder: what is the wisdom of Edom all about? How was this one of the characteristics seen in Esau, Edom, and Doeg? The wisdom here is not the wisdom of God. It is the wisdom that is described elsewhere as “fleshly wisdom” (2 Cor 1:12), “the wisdom of this world” (1 Cor 1:20; 2:6; 3:19), and “this wisdom [that] descendeth not from above” (James 3:15).
Questions
Paul states in 1 Corinthians 11:14 that it is shameful/degrading/dishonourable for a man to have long hair. What was the exception under the Law of Moses?
Who was born covered with red hair?
How many locks of hair did Delilah cause to be shaved off Samson’s head?
Which prop…
Reuters published a report dated 1 November 2023 in which they summarised how the surge in antisemitism is affecting countries around the world.
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From a prophetic perspective we know from Ezekiel that when Russia and her allies invade Isael, “Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?” (Ezek 38:13).
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When you scour the Bible to examine the lives of men who ‘made it’ in terms of this life, what you find is that those who did, never intended to. Take, for example, the young man Joseph, who shot up to the heights of the Egyptian society (Gen 41:40-45).
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