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Rick LoPresti
Apr 5, 20225 min read
Finishing well
“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit (Ecc 7:8).” When...
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Rick LoPresti
Apr 1, 20225 min read
The value of service
God's instructions to Joshua for possessing the promised land were clear. Israel was to utterly destroy the seven nations which occupied...
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Rick LoPresti
Mar 30, 20226 min read
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is defined as a serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. According to the Mayo Clinic, it's...
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Rick LoPresti
Mar 30, 20224 min read
Split personality disorder
Split personality disorder (multiple personality disorder) is a clinical term used in psychiatry to describe a mental disorder where a...
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Rick LoPresti
Mar 12, 20227 min read
Collateral blessings
Webster’s Dictionary defines collateral damage as “injury inflicted on something other than an intended target, specifically: civilian...
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Rick LoPresti
Mar 7, 20224 min read
Kindness can defer anger
God told Abraham that his descendants would dispossess the inhabitants of Canaan (Gen 13:14-17, Gen 15:7, Gen 17:8). This came to pass in...
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Rick LoPresti
Mar 7, 20225 min read
Behold, thou art called a Jew
The history of the names of the people of God has some important lessons to teach us. Before Abraham, the people of God did not have a...
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Rick LoPresti
Feb 28, 20223 min read
Shame
God created Adam and Eve and placed them in the garden of Eden naked yet not ashamed (Gen 2). They had not yet sinned. As soon as they...
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Rick LoPresti
Feb 3, 20223 min read
Lessons from Chernobyl
"“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana said this in "The Life of Reason" in 1905. Variations...
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Rick LoPresti
Jan 25, 20225 min read
The irony of Mars
Man has been trying unsuccessfully to be his own lord and savior ever since the garden of Eden (Gen 3:1-7). The nature of the serpent's...
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Rick LoPresti
Jan 24, 20224 min read
Beauty for ashes
The prophet Isaiah is known in part for predicting the first coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. Isaiah chapter 53 is of particular note...
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Rick LoPresti
Jan 17, 20223 min read
A ruler over sin
When God judged Adam, Eve, and the serpent for their sin, He told Eve that “thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over...
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Rick LoPresti
Jan 7, 20227 min read
Some points and questions on Hebrews 1
When reading the Bible, we should always follow the principle of context - the context of the passage, the book, and the whole Bible....
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Rick LoPresti
Dec 29, 20217 min read
An explosion of productivity
The age of the earth and the universe is at the center of the debate between young earth creationism and evolution. The Bible clearly...
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Rick LoPresti
Dec 22, 202113 min read
Definitions of basic terms
Sadly, we are now living in an age of Biblical illiteracy. It would not be surprising to see that those who do not affiliate with a...
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Rick LoPresti
Dec 15, 20216 min read
The oneness of the church
The doctrine of the "oneness" of the Godhead is perhaps the most foundational teaching in the Bible (Deut 6:4 with Mk 12:29, Mt...
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Rick LoPresti
Dec 9, 20212 min read
The kingdom of God
There are many aspects of Jesus Christ and His relationship with His church and mankind in general. One that is not emphasized much these...
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Rick LoPresti
Dec 6, 20214 min read
Other aspects of the temptation of Christ
Anyone familiar with the gospel of Jesus Christ should know about the temptation of Christ in the wilderness (Mt 4:1-11, Mk 1:12-13, Lk...
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Rick LoPresti
Nov 29, 20217 min read
Lessons from Judas
There are some people in the Bible that get much attention. They get mentioned often in sermons and other settings, and people research...
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Rick LoPresti
Nov 22, 20214 min read
Separation of church and state
“Separation of church and state” is a popular phrase among the enemies of Christ, especially in America. Groups like the ACLU, whose...
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