Posted October 29th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
When reading the story of the plagues, one character continues to pop up and intrigue. Pharoah was the ruler of the Egyptian people, and was a proud man. The Egyptians believed their Pharoah was really half man, half god. He saw himself as invinceable, and was unwilling to let Moses or even God Himself bring [...]
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Posted October 22nd, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
This chapter is about annoyance. God sends three plagues in chapter 8; a multitude of frogs, gnats, and flies. I actually think my daugther, Alex, would like the frogs part, but maybe not so much if there were like fifty in her room. I’ve been to places where gnats just seemed to swarm everywhere, and [...]
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Posted October 19th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
The front page of this past Sunday’s St. Louis Post Dispatch had a good article titled “Church Takes on Atheism by Embracing Doubters” (click here to link to that article). The article is about the Journey Church here in St. Louis, one of our fellow Acts 29 churches, and their efforts to engage skeptics with [...]
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Posted October 17th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
When reading the Bible, especially in the Old Testament, how can God be seen as a loving God, when he strikes down so many people? He seems more like an angry hateful God to me.
This is one of those deep thinking, philosophical questions. I’ll try to give a few simple responses, but at the end, [...]
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Posted October 8th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
Exodus seven begins the story of the 10 plagues in Egypt. God is about to bring an incredible judgement on the Egyptian people and on Pharoah. Each plague is a little more devastating, and more intense, brought by God as a just response to the horrible slavery and oppression of the Hebrews. And Pharoah’s response [...]
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