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Ecclesiasticus 21:8 (Septuagint - Apocrypha), "He that buildeth his house with other men's money is like one that gathereth himself stones for the tomb of his burial."
What is the meaning and origin of the word mortgage? The term mortgage comes from mort and means "death" (as in mortuary or morta...
The terms 'world' and 'earth' have completely different meanings. Our Lord certainly made the distinction between 'world' and 'earth' when he said, "I have overcome the world" in John 16:33. It would be meaningless if he had said, "I have overcome the earth."
When you see the term "world" in scripture, it...
The natural man looks only to natural reason and his intellect for truth. With reason, we are limited by self-deception and pride. We are also limited by ignorance. And reason is basically a spiritually dead thing because their mind becomes their god. That's the problem with reason, and why you cannot mix it with faith.
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Mark 12:17, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
“Render to Caesar” is often quoted as the definitive answer to how much authority Caesar has over us. But does something belong to Caesar simply because he says it does? For example, if the incom...
Many people assume that the "common law" is based upon God's Law, or that it was based upon God's Law at one time. However, the facts show otherwise.
Remember how we were taught that the U.S. Constitution was based upon God's Law, and how it was a godly system of law? Until we...
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