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The Lost Ark – Oops – Nevermind

Posted on June 30th, 2009 by admin

oops The Lost Ark Oops Nevermind
Reuters is now reporting that the lost Ark of the Covenant will not be revealed by its purported keepers in Ethiopia after all.

Ethiopian Church Patriarch Abune Paulos indicated the Italian media had incorrectly reported that he would place the Ark in a museum in the country’s north.

Abune said,

I am deeply disappointed that the Italian media misquoted me and disseminated false information about me unveiling the Ark of the Covenant to the world,…. It is a fabrication, disinformation.

He went on to restate that his congregation has the Ark but that it will not be on public display. Read more... (estimated 26 secs)

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The Lost Ark – Found

Posted on June 26th, 2009 by admin

Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark poster American culture was largely introduced to the biblical story of the Ark of the Covenant in 1981 by Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford in the epic tale “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” It now appears that the actual biblical artifact will be revealed for the first time in centuries.

Abuna Pauolos, the patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia, has announced to the world the unveiling of the Ark of the Covenant, perhaps the world’s most prized archaeological and spiritual artifact. He says the Ark has been hidden away in a church in his country for over a millennia, according to the Italian news agency Adnkronos. Read more... (estimated 3:35 mins)

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Cleaning God’s House

Posted on March 19th, 2009 by admin

jewish temple faith and facts Cleaning Gods House The story of Jesus cleansing the Temple in John 2:13-16 is often cited as the basis and guide for righteous anger. Jesus was offended that the Priests and Rabbis had insulted God’s House with the traffic of animals and unethical business with money. So, appropriately, Jesus displays righteous anger and overturns the tables and sends the vendors away.

If you take some time to reflect on the passage, you will notice in verse 15 that Jesus makes a whip. If I had to make a whip, it might take me weeks. How long did it take Jesus? 2 minutes? 5 minutes? 20 minutes? Read more... (estimated 1:48 mins)

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We Have A Winner – Again

Posted on December 12th, 2008 by admin

After trying to give away an ESV Study Bible (multiple times mind you), we finally have a real, live, genuine winner!

Cathy lives in Missouri and you can find her blog at God’s Child. Her favorite Bible verse is James 4:17, “to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.”

Cathy was excited to learn about her good fortune and had these kind words for the blog, Read more... (estimated 36 secs)

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Mere Christianity – Reading It Together

Posted on December 4th, 2008 by admin

I have just joined a group of believers from across the country in reading and discussing Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. The moderator of the group is Tim Challies and you can follow the discussion if you would like. My blogging friend, David, is prolific writer on these community reviews and has already started his first installment of his evaluation of the book which I encourage you to take a look at.

Reading classic Christian literature is a wonderful discipline. I hope my journey will assist you in your journey toward the Savior. Read more... (estimated 36 secs)

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Claim Your Prize

Posted on December 1st, 2008 by admin

Our winner for the ESV Study Bible has still not responded to their Super Duper Prize Winning Notification.

h20sidemom (at) bellsouth dot net is our winner. If this is you, please contact me here at Faith and Facts so I can get so info and send you your Bible.

Blessings, Dr.Bruce

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Winner – ESV Study Bible

Posted on December 1st, 2008 by admin

We have a Winner!

After some serious thought about how to perform the drawing, we resorted to the boring method of drawing numbers out of a hat. Well, … a bowl actually. We so wanted to make it interesting but our pointy brains could not devise a simple way to make the drawing fun.

My son, Greg, did the actual drawing and pulled lucky number seven. I downloaded my Feedburner subscriber list into Excel and counted to seven to find our lucky person and … Read more... (estimated 56 secs)

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ESV Study Bible – Last Day to Register

Posted on November 30th, 2008 by admin

Today is the last day to register for and ESV Study Bible. You can enter by subscribing to the RSS feed via email. Enter your subscription here today for your chance to win. There are 37 entries so far.

The ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way–to understand the timeless truth of God’s Word as a powerful, compelling, life-changing reality. To accomplish this, the ESV Study Bible combines the best and most recent evangelical Christian scholarship with the highly regarded ESV Bible text. The result is the most comprehensive study Bible ever published–with 2,752 pages of extensive, accessible Bible resources. Read more... (estimated 46 secs)

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Blog Meme – What are you studying?

Posted on November 12th, 2008 by admin

My friend David, at Boomer in the Pew, asked an interesting question yesterday; “What faith materials are you studying each week?”

As a pastor, I am always reading and studying for this weeks sermon as well as the sermon series that is a month away. Sermon podcasts have been a great blessing to me and they have enriched my devotional life measurably. Read more... (estimated 1:18 mins)

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