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The Law Has A Purpose. In The Case Of ... PRO
Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Oct 26, 2000 (message contributor)
The law has a purpose. In the case of Cain’s wife, there was no need for this law at the beginning. There are over 130,000 genes that we inherit from our parents (Explain genes to the ancient world). Genes are formed in pairs. At the moment of conception, we inherit one gene of each pair from each parent. In order to contract a genetic disease, both genes will be defective. Therefore, if two people come from the same parent, the likelihood that they both have the same defect is much greater. But if we marry outside of our family, the risk of genetic defects is greatly reduced. Man was not created with defective genes. Our defects are a result of the curse of sin. Cain was only one generation from the original creation and therefore there was no...
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Richard Moss Said, "The Greatest Gift You Can ... PRO
Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 12, 2005
Richard Moss said, “The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.” That’s ...read more
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Maya Angelou, A Great Contemporary American Poet, ...
Contributed by James Westmoreland on Aug 27, 2005
Maya Angelou, a great contemporary American poet, writes about how she dealt with slavery and prejudice in her moving poem entitled, "Still I Rise." Her words could well have been written by Joseph, who had been made a slave in Egypt. Can we face our own difficulties with this kind of confidence ...read more
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Connected But Not Altered PRO
Contributed by Jim Kane on May 6, 2002
CONNECTED BUT NOT ALTERED David Yarborough tells the story from one of Max Lucado’s books of a lady who had a small house on the seashore of Ireland at the turn of the century was quite wealthy but also quite frugal. The people were surprised, then, when she decided to be among the first to have ...read more
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How Many Of You Remember What It Was Like Back ... PRO
Contributed by Jeffrey Samelson on Sep 1, 2004
How many of you remember what it was like back in the “old day” when color computer monitors were outrageously expensive and therefore rare — when pretty much everyone used simple black and white displays? If someone wanted to play a trick on someone — and I think this happened to me once (either ...read more
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Animals Of Prey Will Always Go For The Weaker ... PRO
Contributed by Bruce Smith on Aug 20, 2002
Animals of prey will always go for the weaker isolated animal. The devil is no different. The fellowship of other believers ...read more
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