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A Stone In The Shoe

Something you can't forget about

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 8: 5-13 The officer's faith

Thomas Less, 02/08/2011
5When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him,6“Lord, my young servant lies in bed, paralyzed and in terrible pain.”
 
7Jesus said, “I will come and heal him.”
 
8But the officer said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come into my home. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed.9I know
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 5: 38-48 love your enemies

Thomas Less, 01/20/2011
38“You have heard the law that says the punishment must match the injury: ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’39But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.40If you are sued in court and your shirt is taken from you, give your coat, too.41If a soldier
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How can God justify punishing Adam and Eve for eating from the "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil", when before they ate from it they didn't understand good and evil?

Thomas Less, 11/20/2010

This was a very interesting question I had never been presented with before, and at first I found it very perplexing.  But after consideration and prayer, it actually lead me to greater faith.

First, we need to clarify that someone can do wrong without necessarily understanding why what they did was wrong.  For example, if you tell a child not to throw stones, and they throw a stone, they have …

2 Corinthians 5: 6-7

Thomas Less, 09/29/2010

6Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7We live by faith, not by sight.

Lord, how can I learn to live by faith and not by sight?  I am constantly worried about what I see in my life..my business, my children, my sins.  I am constantly tempted by what I see.  …

2 Corinthians 4: 13-14

Thomas Less, 09/22/2010

13It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.”b With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, 14because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence.

“I believe therefore I have spoken.”  Jesus, I speak so little for You.  I have hidden my words …

2 Corinthians 1: 21-24

Thomas Less, 08/24/2010

21Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.   23I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. 24Not that we lord it over …

Romans 14: 19-21

Thomas Less, 08/04/2010

19Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. 20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. 21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your …

Luke 10:21-24 Like a child

Luke 10:21-24 Like a child

Luke 10: 17-20 Love is more powerful than power

Luke 10: 17-20 Love is more powerful than power

Luke 10: 8-16 We're just the messengers

Luke 10: 8-16 We're just the messengers

Luke 10: 5-7 Being a peaceful blessing

Luke 10: 5-7 Being a peaceful blessing

Luke 10: 1-4 Be like lambs, among wolves...and don't worry about it!

Luke 10: 1-4 Be like lambs, among wolves...and don't worry about it!

Luke 9: 56-62 Skydiving

Luke 9: 56-62 Skydiving

      

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