The Contours of the Land in Israel's History
The Land of Palestine
The land of Palestine took its name from the Philistines (the Pelishtim in Hebrew) who settled along the Mediterranean coast from Joppa to Gaza about 1300–12...
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Give Before Measuring [Awakening Faith]
Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many? (John 6:9)
If the faithful find some...
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God SUSTAINS Faith [Awakening Faith]
“Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is per...
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The Internal Witness [Awakening Faith]
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eterna...
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Augustine’s Moment of Conversion (III) [Awakening Faith]
Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make ...
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Augustine’s Moment of Conversion (II) [Awakening Faith]
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:1...
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Augustine’s Moment of Conversion (I) [Awakening Faith]
How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after...
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God’s Grace Sets Us Free [Awakening Faith]
Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. (1 Peter 2:11)
We see ...
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The New and Glorious Day (II) [Awakening Faith]
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:17)
What is this new heave...
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The New and Glorious Day (I) [Awakening Faith]
Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. (Matthew 28:9)
The reign of life has be...
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Let Your Heart Be an Altar [Awakening Faith]
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.” (Hebrews 1...
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Joy in Your Blessings [Awakening Faith]
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step wi...
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He Arrived in a Lowly Condition [Awakening Faith]
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing...
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The Word Took a Body [Awakening Faith]
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched...
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Obeying His Sovereign Will [Awakening Faith]
Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and ...
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Pray with Modesty and Discipline [Awakening Faith]
Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. (Revelatio...
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His Glory within Us [Awakening Faith]
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. (Luke 1:32)
The Cre...
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