Posts Tagged ‘Psalm 119:18’
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 by Brady
What is sin? Sin occurs when a person violates G-d’s Law (1 John 3:4). When we violate G-d’s commandments, either those given broadly in Scripture (e.g. do not commit murder) or those given directly to us as individuals by the Holy Spirit (e.g. “go minister to that guy sitting by himself in the cafeteria”), we [...]
Tags: battery, child, dishonor, Fox news, grandmother, gray, grayheaded, Honor the Aged, Psalm 119:18, revere, reverence, rise, swearing, Yeshua
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Saturday, May 15th, 2010 by Brady
Recently there has been news that a pill to help you live past 100 may be available in two years.
Fox News was one of the news outlets that carried the story. Here is a quote from the article:
The New York professor’s [Nir Barzilai] own team at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine has pinpointed genetic variants [...]
Tags: 100 years, age, commandments, days, life, long life, Micah 6:8, news, old, pill, prolong, Psalm 119:18, walk in the way, way, Yeshua
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010 by Brady
A recent turn of events lead to a bit of “online archaeology” of sorts:
I was reading a recent CNN article online entitled
“In Sudan, a war is waged to eradicate the ‘fiery serpent’” and came across this:
Believed to be “the fiery serpent” described in the Bible, the Guinea worm has plagued mankind since ancient Egyptian times. [...]
Tags: 2 Kings 18, CNN, fiery serpent, Guinea worm, Hezekiah, idol, Law, Numbers 21, Psalm 119:18, righteous, Torah, Yeshua
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010 by Brady
The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for February 22nd was thaumaturgy.
the performance of miracles; specifically : magic
The words origins:
The magic of “thaumaturgy” is miraculous. The word, from a Greek word meaning “miracle working,” is applicable to any performance of miracles, especially by incantation. It can also be used of things that merely seem miraculous and [...]
Tags: Acts, magic, Messiah, miracles, Psalm 119:18, Romans, Simon, thaumaturgy, Words for thought, Yeshua
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Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 by Brady
The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for March 29th was uxorial.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a wife
The origins of the word:
With help from “-ial,” “-ious,” and “-icide,” the Latin word “uxor,” meaning “wife,” has given us the English words “uxorial,” “uxorious” (meaning “excessively fond of or submissive to a wife”), and “uxoricide” (”murder of [...]
Tags: adorn, bride, character, Jerusalem, Jesus, Messiah, Paul, Psalm 119:18, Revelation, Timothy, Titus, uxorial, wifely, Words for thought, Yeshua
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Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 by Brady
The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for April 1st was puerile (no foolin’!)
Their definition:
1 : juvenile
2 : childish, silly
(I wonder if their choice for April 1st, April Fools Day, was coincidental? Hmmm…)
Here is the word origin information they provided:
“Puerile” may call to mind qualities of youth and immaturity, but the term itself is no spring [...]
Tags: childish, Corinthians, faith, grow, Hebrews, juvenile, mature, Messiah, Psalm 119:18, puerile, Romans, silly, Torah, Words for thought, Yeshua
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Saturday, March 27th, 2010 by Brady
The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for February 17th was tare.
Here is the definition they provided:
1 : a deduction from the gross weight of a substance and its container made in allowance for the weight of the container; also : the weight of the container
2 : counterweight
M-W provided the following example sentence:
Before charging us for [...]
Tags: end of days, left behind, Matthew 13, Matthew 24, Messiah, Psalm 119:18, return, tare, WFT, Yeshua
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 by Brady
The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for February 3rd was elicit.
They provided the following definition:
1 : to draw forth or bring out (something latent or potential)
2 : to call forth or draw out (as information or a response)
They also provided the following background on the word:
“Elicit” derives from the past participle of the Latin verb [...]
Tags: elicit, entice, Messiah, Psalm 119:18, respond, response, Words for thought, Yeshua
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009 by Brady
The M-W Word of the Day for September 14th was munificent. They defined the word as follows:
1 : very liberal in giving or bestowing : lavish
2 : characterized by great liberality or generosity
Here is the etymology they provided:
“Munificent” was formed back in the late 1500s when English speakers, perhaps inspired by similar words such as [...]
Tags: generous, lavish, Messiah, munificent, Psalm 119:18, Words for thought, Yeshua
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009 by Brady
I was scanning through the news a few weeks ago and came across this article on CNN entitled ”Fasting carries risk of overeating”.
In it the author makes some observations about the health benefits of certain religious practices associated with Islam and Judaism.
Kosher meat in Judaism is slaughtered in a specific way by a religious butcher known as [...]
Tags: common, halal, holiness, kosher, Messiah, Not the Point, profanity, Psalm 119:18, Yeshua
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