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Mark Kennicott
Contributing sermons since May 11, 2006
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The Babylonian Talmud (Tractate Baba Metsia, Page ...
Contributed on Mar 20, 2008
The Babylonian Talmud (tractate Baba Metsia, page 59b) tells a story of Rabbi Eliezer, one of the greatest of the rabbinical sages, and instructor of the great Rabbi Akiva. One day he was engaged in a fierce debate with a group of rabbis about a small matter of interpretation. When he could not ...read more
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A Classic Type, Common To Many Renaissance ...
Contributed on May 31, 2006
"A classic type, common to many Renaissance paintings is the ’student.’ A favored follower, a protege or disciple, is always portrayed as very youthful, long-haired and clean-shaven...Throughout the Renaissance, artists portray St. John in this fashion. He is the ’disciple Jesus loved’ ....Only a ...read more
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I Am Trying Here To Prevent Anyone From Saying ...
Contributed on May 31, 2006
"I am trying here to prevent anyone from saying the really foolish thing that people often say about him: ’I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God.’ That is one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus ...read more
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The Da Vinci Code
Contributed on May 15, 2006
According to Barna Group: 1. The Da Vinci Code has been read "cover to cover" by roughly 45 million adults in the U.S. - that’s one out of every five adults (20%). 2. Of those readers, 24% said the book was helpful in relation to their "personal spiritual growth or understanding." That ...read more
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George Jessel Said, "The Human Brain Starts ...
Contributed on May 11, 2006
George Jessel said, "The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until ...read more