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Self-Reliance

July 1, 2011 by Fritz

Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai … And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him … Send two or three thousand men to take it and do not weary the whole army, for only a few people live there.” – Joshua 7:2-3

Fresh from a great victory over Jericho, where the walls fell flat at their shouts, Israel decided life would be a piece of cake, but they were surprised and dismayed when the little town ate their lunch.

They failed because instead of asking God how to proceed they thought they could handle it themselves, unaware of circumstances within their camp that prevented success.

There are so many things we, too, simply do not see or perceive. It is always best to ask God’s guidance on every task. Proverbs puts it this way,

Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. Don’t assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil!” – Proverbs 3:6 (Message Bible)

fritz@langgang.com

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Why I Don’t Tattoo

June 30, 2011 by Fritz

Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. – 1st Corinthians 6:15

The Bible teaches that when we give our lives to Christ our physical bodies become an actual part of his body. What we do with our bodies we are, in fact, doing to Christ himself.

I don’t feel right putting more permanent marks on Christ’s body.

— fritz@langgang.com

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“Unto This Day”

June 29, 2011 by Fritz

“But Joshua spared Rahab … because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho—and she lives among the Israelites to this day. – Joshua 6:25”

Some biblical scholars theorize the five (5) Books of Moses and Joshua were, really, written hundreds of years later as a compilation from various ancient oral traditions (Wellhausen’s Documentary hypothesis).

One “proof” they offer is the many “unto this day” references — 28 of them in the first six (6) books of the bible.

Certainly the stories were codified after the events but Joshua 6:25 gives us a framework of how long afterwards it was — by saying Rahab was still living at the time of the writing.

Maybe we should not take some of those biblical “scholars” as seriously as they would like.

— fritz@langgang.com

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