So when we call pain a problem, we claim we do not deserve it. We are even prepared to scuttle God to maintain our own innocence. We will say that God is not able to do what He would like, or He would never permit persons such as ourselves to suffer. That puffs up our egos and soothes our griefs at the same time. “How could God do this to me?” is at once an admission of pain and a soporific for it. It reduces our personal grief by eradicating the deity. Drastic medicine, indeed, that only a human ego, run wild, could possibly imagine.
John Gerstner

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CHECKPOINT G

CHECKPOINT G Used with permission of Scripture Union, Adelaide South Australia. Copyright holder. Original edition (C) 1986. Designed for the Christian setting out to read the Bible for the first…

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Adder

Adder GOD'S ANIMAL KINGDOM ADDER References = 5 GEN 49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that…

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Chameleon large lizard

Chameleon large lizard GOD'S ANIMAL KINGDOM CHAMELEON References = 1 LEV 11:30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. T H E…

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Ewe

Ewe GOD'S ANIMAL KINGDOM EWE References 10 GEN 21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. GEN 21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these…

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Hart

Hart GOD'S ANIMAL KINGDOM HART References = 11 DEU 12:15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing…

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Lice

Lice GOD'S ANIMAL KINGDOM LICE References = 4 EXO 8:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land,…

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Peacock

Peacock GOD'S ANIMAL KINGDOM PEACOCK References = 3 1KI 10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came…

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Spider

Spider GOD'S ANIMAL KINGDOM SPIDER References = 3 JOB 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. PRO 30:28 The spider taketh hold…

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Jesus Is Lord

Jesus Is Lord JESUS IS LORD "We are proclaiming: that if you confess with your mouth, `Jesus is Lord', and believe in your heart that God raised him from the…

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