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My People Are Destroyed For Lack Of Knowledge: Part Three

[Note: This blog is the third in a series [1].] In the previous section of this series, we closed by asking some questions about what kind of relationship God wants to have with us and why it was that God … Continue reading

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My People Are Destroyed For Lack Of Knowledge: Part Two

[Note: This is the second post in a series. [1]] Towards the end we set ourselves a challenge. If matters of the knowledge of the heart are important to God, and if relationships between God and man and between people … Continue reading

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On The Applicability Of Divorce Law To The Recognition Of New Sovereign States

On this fifty-fifth anniversary of the independence of Somaliland from the United Kingdom [1], it is worthwhile to discuss the applicability of divorce law to the recognition of new sovereign states by the international community in institutions like the United … Continue reading

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Book Review: Home Is Where The Books Are

Home Is Where The Books Are: Creating Literate Spaces, Choosing Books, & Why It Matters, by Meghan Rose & Ruth Shagoury The title of this book would suggest that this book is of general interest to making a home that … Continue reading

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The Greatest Dad Ever

When one thinks of God as a father, our ability to properly understand the nature of God’s paternal care for us depends in large part on the physical examples we have seen and experienced in our own lives [1]. For … Continue reading

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The Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Today I happened to spend the vast majority of my waking hours at the home of some of my closest friends, who have sort of taken me in loco parentis and more or less adopted me with the express permission … Continue reading

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Hold Back The River

As might easily be imagined by anyone who looks closely at my blog [1], this is not one of my favorite weekends of the year. My father has been dead almost a decade, and it is still not easy to … Continue reading

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Book Review: Self-Deliverance

Self-Deliverance: How To Gain Victory Over The Powers Of Darkness, by K.A. Schneider [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Chosen Books in exchange for an honest review.] When one reads enough books about a subject, one starts … Continue reading

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Misery Loves Company

For reasons I do not understand, but a pattern I nevertheless recognize, I have ended up with a lot of books that deal with the same subject [1], the struggle of believers against unwanted demonic influence and oppression. Without any … Continue reading

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Book Review: Parents! Loose Your Children From Bondage

Parents! Loose Your Children From Bondage (Enhanced Edition) by Abolaji Muyiwa Akinbo [Note: This book was provided free of charge by the author in exchange for an honest review.] Every once in a while I like to read a self-published … Continue reading

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