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Soil from Stone: Why the Didache Could Not Be Included in the Canon
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Torah, Bible study, politics, science fiction and fantasy, whatever else I feel like talking about. Why the Didache Could Not Be Included in the Canon. The first rule for any writing to be included in the Biblical canon is this: It must not contradict what came before. The second rule is this: It must be true. The Didache is a late first-century Christian writing that purports to be a summary of the teachings of the first apostles to the churches that they planted across the Roman Empire. Our Father who ...
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Soil from Stone: March 2015
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Torah, Bible study, politics, science fiction and fantasy, whatever else I feel like talking about. On the other hand, sometimes you come across someone like "Vin DiCator" in the conversation shown below, whose rabid anti-Semitism is so full of confusion and lies that I find it difficult to believe that he is not suffering from either a strong demonic influence or severe mental illness. Maybe both. Click to zoom in.). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Encouragement, Faith, Family, Community, God. Messianic Jew...
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Soil from Stone: Let Them Know They're in a Fight
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Torah, Bible study, politics, science fiction and fantasy, whatever else I feel like talking about. Let Them Know They're in a Fight. Unfortunately, the world today just doesn't work that way. The other side declared war on us decades ago and we didn't believe them. Who usually wins a fight? The first one to know he's in. A fight, which is why we keep losing. So swallow your bile and start hitting back. Let them know that they're finally in a fight. In the meantime, I'm looking for the next fight. Ill ke...
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Soil from Stone: April 2014
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Torah, Bible study, politics, science fiction and fantasy, whatever else I feel like talking about. The Man in the Axe. A sound like leaves across sand as a calloused hand slid up the haft and jerked the head free. Down, around, up, woosh, thunk! Again and again, bite after bite, the gap grew wider in the dense wood. Velkis looked up at this old boxwood and wondered now which was he, the tree or the axe? And he wondered if it mattered. The dense wood must surrender to the iron in time, but with each ...
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Soil from Stone: A Breath of Fresh Air - A review of Family Prayers from Proverbs
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Torah, Bible study, politics, science fiction and fantasy, whatever else I feel like talking about. A Breath of Fresh Air - A review of Family Prayers from Proverbs. Eric Sims posted a review at Amazon. Read the rest at Amazon. I'd post it all, but I don't want to trigger any of Amazon's comment-deletion bots. In related news, Family Prayers from Proverbs. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Encouragement, Faith, Family, Community, God. What's your primary interest in this subscription? I very strongly b...
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Soil from Stone: November 2012
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Torah, Bible study, politics, science fiction and fantasy, whatever else I feel like talking about. There is one move that would almost guarantee a more prosperous and peaceful future for the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank:. Total repudiation of Hamas, et al, and total surrender to Israel. Anything less will simply continue the poverty and violence that has always been their lot. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Encouragement, Faith, Family, Community, God. Building my faith in God. A Chiasm Framed by...
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Soil from Stone: January 2015
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Torah, Bible study, politics, science fiction and fantasy, whatever else I feel like talking about. The Battle Belongs to YHWH. Isaiah 41:13-14 For I the LORD thy God hold thy right hand, who say unto thee: ‘Fear not, I help thee.’ (14) Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Encouragement, Faith, Family, Community, God. What's your primary interest in this subscription? Building my faith in God.
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Soil from Stone: November 2013
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Torah, Bible study, politics, science fiction and fantasy, whatever else I feel like talking about. Ray Bradbury and the Minority Defense League. In light of the recent controversies over the SFWA’s internal censorship policies, consider these excerpts from the author’s afterword to Fahrenheit 451:. 8220;About two years ago, a letter arrived from a solemn young Vassar lady telling me how much she enjoyed reading my experiment in space mythology, The Martian Chronicles. If the Mormons do not like my plays...
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Soil from Stone: January 2013
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Torah, Bible study, politics, science fiction and fantasy, whatever else I feel like talking about. Foreigners Bought with Silver. We gentiles grafted into the tree of Israel are the foreigners bought with Abraham’s silver (Genesis 17:12). Silver is a symbol of blood, and we have been bought by the blood of Abraham’s son and promised heir, Yeshua. Law and Grace in Circumcision and Passover. Let's start in Ezekiel 16:6:. Yes, I said to you in your blood, Live! Albert Barnes wrote,. Rabbi Yohanasan Gefen w...
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Soil from Stone: February 2013
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Torah, Bible study, politics, science fiction and fantasy, whatever else I feel like talking about. A Morality Tale of One Who Chose Security over Liberty. By Robert Sheckley is a classic Science Fiction short story about a man who was offered protection from every threat, but he didn’t realize until it was too late that protection is itself a real threat. The Three Angels at Sodom. There are some interesting patterns in the behavior of the three angels who came to judge and execute Sodom. 19:10: Rescue ...
