What is the significance of the lampstand in the Bible?

What is the significance of the lampstand in the Bible?: "nswer: The first time we see the word lampstand in the Bible is in Exodus 25:31, as God gives detailed instructions about the golden lampstand to be placed in the tabernacle the Israelites were building. It’s interesting to note just how precise God is in explaining how He wanted the lampstand to look. Since we can be assured there are no “wasted words” in the Bible, we know each detail and specification are important for some reason."

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Witnessing to Catholics—what is the key?

Witnessing to Catholics—what is the key?: "Catholics are indoctrinated from an early age, and a barrier to biblical truth is carefully erected in their minds. Catholics are taught that everything that comes from Rome takes precedence over the Bible. “If the Pope says it, it must be true” is a cultivated mindset. Unfortunately, Catholics are not taught to think for themselves, and many do not know why they believe what they do. Many Catholics have no concept of what is written in the Bible, other than the two or three passages that are read during Mass."

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Words of Comfort: Relevant today. — www.onthebox.us — Readability

Words of Comfort: Relevant today. — www.onthebox.us — Readability: ""Since you change your mind about whether the Ten Commandments apply to you on a weekly basis, does that mean your god changes his mind too, or do you just make this twaddle up as you go along?" Nick Lyon "

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How Evangelism is Like Falling Off a Cliff | InterVarsity - Evangelism

How Evangelism is Like Falling Off a Cliff | InterVarsity - Evangelism: "I was dropping to earth at an uncomfortable rate.

I had fallen off the cliff and would hit the ground at any moment.

Just time for a quick final prayer, and it was time to say goodbye to this world.

Only...I didn't plummet to my death. A rope was attached to my waist, strung through a rivet on the rock face, and held tightly by my friend below."

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Court Orders Removal of Veterans Memorial Cross — godfatherpolitics.com — Readability

Court Orders Removal of Veterans Memorial Cross — godfatherpolitics.com — Readability: "A Southern California District Court has ruled that a cross at the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego is a government endorsement of a specific religion and must be removed within 90 days.

The judge in the case, Larry Alan Burns, appeared to be choked up as he read his decision, saying that precedent from the wildly liberal Ninth Circuit Court left him no options. Burns immediately issued a stay of his order to allow lawyers for the defense to appeal."

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Exclusive: ESPN Reverses Course, Will Air Ad Containing Words 'God,' 'Jesus'

Exclusive: ESPN Reverses Course, Will Air Ad Containing Words 'God,' 'Jesus': "UPDATE**  Breitbart News exclusively learned on Thursday afternoon that ESPN will air the original ad on Saturday from Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center with the words "Jesus" and "God."
ESPN issued this statement to Breitbart News on Thursday:
“We have again reviewed the ads submitted for the SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center and have concluded that we will accept the original requested commercial.  It will run in Saturday’s VCU at Northern Iowa basketball game on ESPNU.  This decision is consistent with our practice of individual review of all ads under our commercial advocacy standards.”"

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Mount Soledad Cross Will Be Purged From Veterans Memorial — patriotupdate.com — Readability

Mount Soledad Cross Will Be Purged From Veterans Memorial — patriotupdate.com — Readability: "Judge Larry Alan Burns read the order from the bench in court and appeared to choke up as he ordered the memorial’s destruction.
Check it out:

After 24 years of litigation, a federal court revealed in an emotional hearing that it has ordered the famous Mount Soledad Cross removed from a veterans memorial, holding it is a violation of the U.S. Constitution."

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Bible scripture that prove the science of the Bible

Bible scripture that prove the science of the Bible: "One of the ways to prove that the Bible is true and is the word of God, is to look at all the science that was written about in the Bible thousands of years before man discovered or could even imagine that many of these scientific things were real. The men who wrote these things could not have known any of this without the words being from God. Many of these thing we take for granted now because we know that they are proven facts, and are so obvious to us now."

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Words of Comfort: The list. — www.onthebox.us — Readability

Words of Comfort: The list. — www.onthebox.us — Readability: "See if you can spot yourself in this list: "Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators (those who have had sex outside of marriage), nor idolaters (those who have an unbiblical image of God), nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers (those who verbally attack the Christian faith), nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God." I Corinthians 6:9, 10"

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The Comfort Zone: Words of Comfort: Case closed.

The Comfort Zone: Words of Comfort: Case closed.: "ive evidence that Adam existed, that Eve was made from his rib, that she was spoken to by a serpent, that Noah built an ark, that God flooded the whole earth, that Moses opened the Red Sea, that Jonah was swallowed by a whale…and 101 other Bible stories that are so strange-sounding they are harder to swallow than Jonah’s whale. "

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