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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: Insights from Isaiah 11 months, 1 week ago · View
INTRODUCTION When I was a baby Christian, a Bible teacher was inquiring which books we would like to study. I chimed in, “Isaiah!” His comment, however, was in the negative, saying it was a lot of dry history and judgments. That was certainly not my take on the prophet. Even as young in the Lord as I [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: City of Peace 11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
“The city will never again be uprooted or demolished.” Jeremiah 31:40 Some people think that all the Old Testament prophecies have been fulfilled already. Certainly, enough of them have been that we can be assured that God’s word is true. But there remain numerous prophecies to be ultimately fulfilled regarding Jerusalem, the City of Peace. [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: What’s In A Name? 1 year, 4 months ago · View
My precious granddaughter’s name is “Hephzibah”. It’s a beautiful name but it isn’t simple and it isn’t convenient. When people first hear it, they want it re-pronounced, spelt, and explained. But the meaning is lovely: “my delight is in her”. Would every child know that their parents delight in them! God placed this name in [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: Christ will come again! 1 year, 6 months ago · View
We confess this frequently at my church: “Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.” These are foundational Christian beliefs. Do you believe Christ is coming again? Many,many Scriptures reference the Lord’s Coming. Some of these just reference the “Day” or the “Revelation” but are included to show how foundational the Second Coming [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: “Abba!” 1 year, 7 months ago · View
“….but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” Romans 8:15 How different is true Christianity from man-made religions! We have a heavenly Father! I’m reading Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, a best-selling novel for about a century. The story is set in Rome about AD 54-68. Christianity [...]