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The value of the wilderness
Some people enjoy being out in the wilderness. The wilderness is a vacation destination for some. Hiking, skiing, hunting, and mountain...
Rick LoPresti
Jun 2, 20182 min read
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Covenant identity
The world is in an identity crisis. People do not even know what gender they are. This has gotten so confusing that the proponents of...
Rick LoPresti
Jun 2, 20185 min read
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Cover the pit
Pits were either naturally occurring or man-made in the Bible. They were used for two main purposes - storage of supplies such as water...
Rick LoPresti
May 17, 20184 min read
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The mask
The Bible is meant to be understood (Prov 22:20-21). The main thing we are to understand is our relationship with God (Deut 28:58, Josh...
Rick LoPresti
May 15, 20185 min read
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Smaller is better
The Bible only has one main purpose - to teach us how to have a relationship with God. However, it does have principles which apply to...
Rick LoPresti
May 14, 20187 min read
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Holiness
What is holiness? There are many man-made ideas about holiness, but those are not the pursuit of a student of the truth of the Bible. Its...
Rick LoPresti
May 5, 20186 min read
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Your life for a prey
The word prey in the Bible has 2 meanings which are very similar. It can mean the food of a predatory animal, especially a lion (Gen 49:9...
Rick LoPresti
Apr 28, 20184 min read
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Don't settle on the lees
One of the challenges in interpreting the Bible is the language challenge. The old Testament was written in mostly Hebrew with a couple...
Rick LoPresti
Apr 14, 20187 min read
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Little but wise
The book of Proverbs is a piece of literature that could only come from the mind of God. It is mostly made up of single sayings of wisdom...
Rick LoPresti
Apr 12, 20184 min read
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Symptoms or source?
The sale of prescription and non-prescription medicine is a multi-billion dollar industry. The health care industry as whole is the...
Rick LoPresti
Apr 5, 20185 min read
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The looking glass
Mirrors are common items today. You can buy one at the corner store for a few dollars. It was not so in ancient times. Mirrors were not...
Rick LoPresti
Mar 24, 20186 min read
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Come out of your shell
People respond to emotional pain in different ways. When the pain is particularly intense or repeated, some people retreat into what is...
Rick LoPresti
Mar 10, 20183 min read
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Drive them out
God called Abraham out of his home in Ur to inherit the land of 7 nations called Canaan (Gen 12:1-3 & 7, Gen 13:14-17, Gen 15:13-16, Gen...
Rick LoPresti
Mar 6, 20183 min read
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With friends like these...
There is much to be said about friendship, and the Bible is certainly not lacking in this. We all need to have several layers of friends...
Rick LoPresti
Mar 6, 20184 min read
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The Counselor
Some people are very independent. Sometimes this is part of their personality, and sometimes they have had bad experiences that have...
Rick LoPresti
Mar 4, 20187 min read
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Lord, wilt thou at this time...?
Jesus was just moments away from ascending to heaven, and He wanted to give His disciples some final instructions before He would no...
Rick LoPresti
Feb 19, 20186 min read
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The hunger of God
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth (Gen 1:1)." This is the first verse in the Bible, and one of the most well known....
Rick LoPresti
Jan 3, 20184 min read
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Self deception
Some times people look at sin differently than God does. Sin is not only violating rules. Sin is doing anything that separates us from...
Rick LoPresti
Dec 23, 20176 min read
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God and science
God created everything out of nothing (ex nihilo). He had no existing materials to work with, because there were none. He spoke, and...
Rick LoPresti
Nov 29, 20174 min read
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Femininity vs. feminism
Webster's dictionary defines feminine as "characteristic of or appropriate or unique to women". It defines feminism as "the theory of the...
Rick LoPresti
Nov 9, 20176 min read
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