Ecclesiastes 12:10

  My Father worked for Coca-Cola all his life so, around our house, Pepsi was a bad word. Even today, if a waiter asks for my drink order and I tell him a Coke product and he responds, “Is Pepsi Ok”, I barely can keep the disdain out of my voice when I say I don’t want that filth touching my lips. I guess if that is all there is and I am absolutely dying of thirst, it could work…. Once.  Just don’t tell my Dad.   It’s just not a substitute for the real thing.   In Hebrews 10:4, we read “ For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins ”. So why then were so many animals sacrifices offered then? It is all they had. It wasn’t as good, couldn’t live up to the task and didn’t cleanse completely, but they didn’t have what could.   We do.   The blood of Jesus completes. It’s the real deal. Only with his blood can we get what we so desperately want and even more desperately need. Forgiveness.   So why ...

Team Effort Pick the team name that best answers the question What term would best describe the Nephilim? Cowboys Redskins Giants Eagles Michael and Gabriel are both names of...? Angels Saints Devils Patriots Which of these are used to describe the day of the Lord in 2nd Peter? Thunder Warriors Heat Lakers Daniel was delivered from what animals? Bears Lions Broncos Panthers What birds fed Elijah during a drought? Cardinals Eagles Seahawks Ravens What animals killed a group of teenagers harassing Elisha? Lions Bears Bengals Jaguars Which team best describes Thomas the apostle? Steelers Twins Athletics Royals What color were the tassels to be worn by the Jews on their garments? BLUE Jays RED Soxs WHITE Soxs BROWNS What animal was sacrificed when priest were ordained under law of Moses Bulls Rams Dolphins Colts Which term does Jude use to describe false teachers? Cowboys Stars Mavericks Rangers

  As rulers go, King Uzziah was about as good as it gets. In 2 nd Chronicles 26, we read about his rule. Taking the throne at sixteen years of age, he ‘ did right in the sight of the LORD’ . He defeated some of Israel worst enemies and forced others to pay tribute.  His fame spread across the region. He improved the infrastructure of the cities, was a friend to the farmer, and strengthened the military. He not only increased the manpower of his nation but brought in new technology and innovation as well.  You name it, religion, power, prestige, technology, defense, agricultural; he excelled in them all during his reign.      Except at the end.  In 2 Chronicles 26:16 we read: But when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.   He wanted to go and lead the worship. He was a king, a ...

Harry Potter How well do you know your Potter? Who was buried in the potter's field in which he hung himself? Athophel Judas Saul Absalom What prophet was told to go to the potter's house to illustrate God relationship to man? Elisha Elijah Jeremiah Ezekiel Who smashed a potter's earthenware jar to show what God was going to do to his people? Jesus Jeremiah Isaiah Ezekiel Who had a vision of a statue with feet of iron mixed with potter's clay? Daniel John Ezekiel King Nebuchadnezzar Who used clay mixed with spit to heal a blind man? Moses Elisha Jesus Paul Who descried Christians as "earthen vessels" with a great treasure inside Peter Paul James John What does the proverb compare "earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross" to? Burning lips and a wicked heart A continuous wife A fool A king that drinks too much wine Whose collapse was said to be "like the smashing of a potter's jar" T...

  Every so often you will hear about a person that is trapped under their possessions. Some hoarder whose house is full of junk that they become entrapped in when a pile overturns. It’s sad but not unexpected. If you keep all that junk it's going to end up hurting you.    It’s not just stuff however that can entangle us. Sin, temptation, bad company, poor habits can all be piled on until one day it comes crashing down to our ruin.  … let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us , Hebrews 12:1   So why don’t we clean house? Get rid of the junk. Castaway the sin. End the bad relationship. Change the way we act. Our lives can be so much better without a lot of the things we cling to. There is such a thing as addition by subtraction. Things can be better without certain persons. Life can have more meaning when we eliminate worries. Blessing can ...

Towers Of what tower that fell did Jesus speak of? Tower of Hanhanel Tower of Siloam Tower of Satan Tower of Baal Of what did the proverb describe as 'a strong tower; The righteous runs into it and is safe'? The house of the Lord The word of the Lord The name of the Lord The people of the Lord What judge was killed when he went too close to a tower and was killed by a stone thrown from it? Ehud Samson Jehu Abimelech What patriarch lived for a time just beyond the tower of Eder? Abraham Issac Israel Joseph How did Abimelech defeat the men in the tower of Shechem? He pushed it over with elephants He set it afire He cut off the water into the tower He flung stones at it How did God stop the work on the tower at Babel? He sent a storm that collapses it He caused an earthquake He sent to rain for a year He confused the language of the workers What did Jesus say one does before he builds a tower? He asks God if he should He counts the ...

  Fritz Haber might have saved more lives than any other human history. Having one of the great minds in history for chemistry, figured out how to convert the commonest of chemicals —the nitrogen in the air— into a chemical fertilizer. With cheap industrial fertilizers now available, farmers no longer were limited to compost piles or dung to nourish their soil. Even by the time World War I broke out, Haber had likely saved millions from starvation, and we can still thank him for feeding most of the world’s 6.7 billion people today.   Yet Haber was a monster. He cared little about fertilizers. He actually pursued cheap ammonia to help Germany build nitrogen explosives. But his most deadly work was in chemical weapons. He created the formula, Haber law, to calculate just how much poison was need for how much time to be deadly. He created and oversaw the use of deadly gas attacks in World War I. His wife so horrified by his actions she killed herself. Haber didn’t even...

Rock Band What prophet said those that wait on the Lord "will mount up with wings like eagles"? Isaiah Jeremiah Daniel Ezekiel Who rolled away the stone to water Rachel's sheep? Isaac Jacob Joseph Laban What name did God give to Moses to answer the Egyptian's question, "Who sent you"? The God of Abraham The God of All I Am Who I Am Father of All the Nations Who had a vision of a leopard that had four wings on his back? Elijah Amos Ezekiel Daniel Why was Queen Vashti removed from her position? She reused the Kings order to come and display her beauty She called the King a glutton She was too old She killed a man What bible book contained the line "You too be patient,,,, for the coming of the Lord is near"? 1st Peter Romans Jude James Who ripped the doors off the city gates and carried them up a mountain? Moses King Jehu Samson Armies of the Philistines What women from Thyatira was a seller of deep p...