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The Severity of a Merciful God

Deuteronomy 7:1,2; Deuteronomy 20:16-18 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, … Continue reading

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The Equitable Poetic Justice of God’s Judgments

Jeremiah 17:10; Proverbs 11:5; Esther 7:9,10: Proverbs 26:27 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. The wicked shall fall by … Continue reading

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Two Thoughtful Questions With One Good Answer

Matthew 22:17; Jeremiah 4:14; Philippians 4:8 What thinkest thou? How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, … Continue reading

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The Dark Places of the Earth, Past & Present

Psalm 74:20 The dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. JOHN HAMBLETON (1820-1889): Heathenism is cruel. It is not changed in character since the days when parents made their children to pass through fire to … Continue reading

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The Righteous Symmetry of God’s Judgments

Judges 1:5-7 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him…But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having … Continue reading

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