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Covenant Theology In Outline Form 35; Matthew 7:40 - 50

  Shema  40  And Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “Say it, Teacher.” Historical Prologue  41  “A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.  42  When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?”  43  Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt.”  General Stipulations  And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.”    Specific Stipulations  44  Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.  45  You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet.  46  You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.  Coven...
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The United States At 250 - Day 5

Restore Us to Yourself, O  Lord 5  Remember, O  Lord , what has befallen us;      look, and see our disgrace! 2  Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,      our homes to foreigners. 3  We have become orphans, fatherless;      our mothers are like widows. 4  We must pay for the water we drink;      the wood we get must be bought. 5  Our pursuers are at our necks;      we are weary; we are given no rest. 6  We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria,      to get bread enough. 7  Our fathers sinned, and are no more;      and we bear their iniquities. 8  Slaves rule over us;      there is none to deliver us from their hand. 9  We get our bread at the peril of our lives,      because of the sword in the wilderness. 10  Our s...
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The United States At 250 - Day 4

The Holy Stones Lie Scattered 4  How the gold has grown dim,      how the pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered      at the head of every street. 2  The precious sons of Zion,      worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen pots,      the work of a potter's hands! 3  Even jackals offer the breast;      they nurse their young; but the daughter of my people has become cruel,      like the ostriches in the wilderness. 4  The tongue of the nursing infant sticks      to the roof of its mouth for thirst; the children beg for food,      but no one gives to them. 5  Those who once feasted on delicacies      perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple      embrace ash heaps. 6  For the chastisement [ a ]...
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Why People Are Destroyed For Lack Of Knowledge

From Religion News Service  WASHINGTON (RNS) — When Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia walked into Speaker Mike Johnson’s office last month, the two men already held starkly different political views. By the time the meeting ended 30 minutes later, it was clear they also sit on different ends of the Christian spectrum. Warnock, a Democrat and pastor of a prominent Black church, had raised questions in an  interview with The New York Times  a few days prior about whether the speaker’s Republican politics reflected his professed faith. The senator described himself as a “Matthew 25 Christian,” referring to a biblical passage that features Jesus telling his followers a parable in which “all the nations” are judged by how they care for the “least of these” — described as the hungry, the stranger and the imprisoned, among others. How, Warnock had told the Times, do you “say a long prayer, hold hands with your fellow legislators and then cut a trillion dollars out of Medicaid?” In...
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