Abilitieswe all have them but what does the word “ability” mean? Physicalpower, whether bodily or mental; natural or acquired; force of understanding;skill in arts or science. Ability is active power, or power to perform; asopposed to capacity, or power to receive. In the plural, abilities is much usedin a like […]
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While in college taking a child psychology class myteacher made this statement; she said that we remember 10% of what we hear butwe remember 90% of what we see. That has a been many years ago now but I stillremember what she said to this day and have found it […]
Don’tyou just love it when one of your coworkers comes in coughing and sneezing?Thank you for sharing, pal! There’s research that there are some happy germsthat people spread around. One article said: “We can catch happiness fromfriends and family members like an emotional virus. The research shows thatevery happy person […]
Thepower within each of us; we have you know, but do we use it? Proverbs15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perversenesstherein is a breach in the spirit. The word “wholesome” means- Tending to promote health; favoring health, soothing.Our tongue which forms the words that roll off […]
from Pastor Dan Parton | Timberline Baptist Church | Originally presented January 30, 2011 | Psalm 118:1-9 Introduction: What could I possibly mean by “the apple of the Bible’s eye”? The Word of God refers to the apple of the eye only five times: – Deuteronomy 32:10, “He found him in a desert land, and […]
Learning the Epistles – Study 169 from Pastor Dan Parton | Timberline Baptist Church | Originally presented February 2, 2011 | Hebrews 2:5-18 Introduction: Beginning at verse 5, the writer returns to his previous argument that Christ is greater than the angels. The Jews offered one great objection to this argument. They asked, “How could Christ […]
Learning the Epistles – Study 168 from Pastor Dan Parton | Timberline Baptist Church | Originally presented January 26, 2011 | Hebrews 2:1-4 Introduction: These verses contain the first of the five parenthetical warnings found in Hebrews. We must pay careful attention to these warnings if we are to make it to spiritual Canaan, the land […]