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The Exaltation of Knowledge

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, (2 Peter 1:5 NASB)   Knowledge without moral excellence is a train ride to disaster.   I was a public school teacher for many years. On the walls of the hallways in one of the […]

Jephthah’s Unwise Vow

And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord. He said, “If you give me victory over the Ammonites, I will give to the Lord whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”  (Judges 11:30-31 NLT) It is undoubtedly true that we should […]