From Granite Bay Seventh-day Adventist Church
Archaic Expressions and Words
January27
Obsolete Words IN THE KJV
Part 1
By Robert A. Joyner
From the article:
There are many words in the KJV today that do not convey the meaning to the modern reader that the original writers intended to express. When the KJV came out in 1611, it was sixteenth century English at its best. Through the years many words and expressions have become ambiguous or misleading. There are hundreds of them. In this chapter I will point out samples of them. I believe the reader will find archaic and obsolete words are a much bigger problem than you would think.
http://www.kjvonly.org/robert/joyner_obsolete_words_1.html
Archaic Expressions and Words
January27
Obsolete Words IN THE KJV
Part 2
By Robert A. Joyner
From the article:
Imagine what it would be like to talk to someone in the 1600s. They had never heard of electricity. It would be hard to make them understand when you try to talk to them about television, computers, microwave ovens, laser beams, jet planes and rockets to Mars. This is the kind of problem we have trying to read old outdated English today.
This chapter is a continuation of the previous chapter. We are discussing archaic words in the KJV.
http://www.kjvonly.org/robert/joyner_obsolete_words_2.html
The Time of the End
January19
Holy Spirit Being Withdrawn from the Earth
We are living in the time of the end. The fast-fulfilling signs of the times declare that the coming of Christ is near at hand. The days in which we live are solemn and important. – Ellen White
http://www.adventistonline.com/forum/topics/spirit-being-withdrawn-from-the-earth
From Amazing Discoveries
October23
The Papal Tiara
From the article:
The tiara is the pope’s crown. There are more than twenty actual papal tiaras in existence. Over a period of about one thousand years until recently, each new pope was crowned with a tiara at his coronation.
Since the 14th century the Pope’s tiara has had three tiers. According to the Vatican, the three layers symbolize “the triple power of the Pope: father of kings, governor of the world and Vicar of Christ.”i
What do these titles signify?
http://amazingdiscoveries.org/S-deception-end_time_babylon-tiara-pope
From Amazing Facts
April16
Beyond the Fable
From the article:
Maewyn Succat’s spiritual legacy is both ironic and inspirational. Born to a faithful Christian family around A.D. 385 in Scotland, as a young man he was kidnapped, smuggled to Ireland, and sold as a slave to a cattle and swine herder.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/news-and-features/news/item/id/10881/t/beyond-the-fable
From Amazing Facts
April2
Spirits of the Dead
by Joe Crews
From the book:
Do They Speak and Hear?
Alexander Bogomoletz, a Russian scientist, once said that a man should live to be at least 150 years of age. He actually prepared a serum that was designed to retard the aging process of the connective tissues of the body. Unfortunately, the learned doctor died at the age of 64, just 86 years short of the goal he had set for himself and for all mankind. And we still do not understand the mysteries of life and death.
Read more:
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/48/t/spirits-of-the-dead
From Amazing Facts
March26
The Last Night On Earth
From the book:
Introduction
One of the most dramatic verses in the Bible has been translated by Dr. Moffett in these words: “Evil on evil says the Lord, the Eternal … it is coming, the hour is striking, and striking at you, the hour and the end. Your doom has come.” Ezekiel 7:5-7.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/68/t/the-last-night-on-earth
From End Times Bible Prophecy
March21
Like the Days of Noah and Lot
From the article:
Matthew 24:37-39 …’But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.’
http://www.endtimes-bibleprophecy.com/page33.htm
From Amazing Facts
March19
Compromise Conformity and Courage
Doug Batchelor
From the book:
An Amazing Fact
Because of its unusual growth habits, the tropical Banyan tree is known as a “strangler fig.” These large trees usually start life when their seed is deposited by a bird high in the foliage of another tree. The Banyan’s roots descend over the trunk of the host tree seeking out the soil below. Once they have rooted themselves, the roots of the strangler fig rapidly thicken and lengthen. Where the fig roots cross each other they fuse, thus creating a lattice around the host tree’s trunk. Gradually they starve the host tree and prevent it from growing by robbing all its light, water, and nutrients. Eventually the Banyan tree chokes the host until it dies and rots away, leaving the strangler fig standing in its place.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/19/t/compromise-conformity-and-courage
From Amazing Facts
February27
The Trinity
by Doug Batchelor
From the book:
An Amazing Fact
Science tells us that light is constituted of three primary rays, or groups of wavelengths. Clearly distinct from each other, none of them without the others could be light. Each ray has its own separate function. The first originates, the second illuminates, and the third consummates. The first ray, often called invisible light, is neither seen nor felt. The second is both seen and felt. The third is not seen but is felt as heat.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/77/t/the-trinity
From Amazing Facts:
February20
The Christian and Alcohol
by Doug Batchelor
From the book:
An Amazing Fact
Tests show that after drinking three bottles of beer, there is an average of 13 percent net memory loss. After taking only small quantities of alcohol, trained typists were tested and their errors increased 40 percent. Only one ounce of alcohol increases the time required to make a decision by nearly 10 percent; hinders muscular reaction by 17 percent; increases errors due to lack of attention by 35 percent. —Paul Harvey
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/63/t/the-christian-and-alcohol
From Amazing Facts
February6
Satan’s Confusing Counterfeits
By Joe Crews
From the book:
Satan’s Confusing Counterfeits
Suppose you had to summarize the entire Bible in just two words. What words would you choose? I have thought about this, and I believe sin and salvation might be the most accurate answer. After all, Satan entered the picture very early to cause man to sin and to steal away his salvation. Incidentally, that was also the turning point for the human family. You see, God had based everything upon obedience. He had provided all those wonderful gifts—life, righteous character, dominion over the earth, and a beautiful home in the Garden. Then He promised that those blessings would continue without interruption on one condition alone: Obey and live, disobey and die.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/47/t/satans-confusing-counterfeits
From Amazing Facts
January30
The Abomination of Desolation
by Gary Gibbs
From the book:
Introduction
“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains. . . For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be” (Matthew 24: 15, 16, 21).
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/51/t/the-abomination-of-desolation
From Amazing Facts:
January16
Is It Easier to Be Saved or Lost?
by Joe Crews
From the book:
Introduction
It seems very appropriate that the word DYNAMITE is a transliteration of the Greek word DUNAMIS, which means power. The word is not a stranger to those who are students of the Scriptures. It is one of the colorful adjectives used in the Bible to describe the gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul wrote, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power (DUNAMIS) of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” Romans 1:16.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/35/t/is-it-easier-to-be-saved-or-lost
From Amazing Facts
January9
Christs Human Nature
by Joe Crews
From the Book:
A FABRICATED LOOK-ALIKE?
The most dangerous counterfeit is the one that most nearly resembles the true. This is why religious counterfeits are so deadly and are often tolerated rather than identified and exposed. Christians in general are afraid that they will be misunderstood if they attack something that looks so much like the finest thing in religion. Since there is often only a thin line separating the best from the worst, they fear being charged with attacking the genuine if they oppose the counterfeit.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/18/t/christs-human-nature
From Amazing Facts:
January2
Compromise Conformity and Courage
by Doug Batchelor
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/19/t/compromise-conformity-and-courage
From Amazing Facts
December26
The Sign of Jonah
by Doug Batchelor
From the book:
An Amazing Fact
It has been estimated that 10 billion birds engage in migratory flights every year. For example, one species of shrike wings its way 3,500 miles from Central Asia to the Equator of Africa. The longest recorded flight made by a homing pigeon took place in 1931, when the resolute bird flew from Arras, France, to its home in Saigon, Vietnam.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/75/t/the-sign-of-jonah
From Amazing Facts
December19