Category Archives: One Minute Bible Blast

DO NOT Follow Your Heart!

Follow your heart. That’s a great line in a story but terrible advice for real life. Why? Jeremiah 17:9 tells us, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” (NIV) Following our hearts often leads … Continue reading

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Neurogenesis, Baby Nerve Cells

Last week’s blast talked about how the brain is plastic and can be changed moment by moment by how we direct our thinking—in other words, the choices we make. We control our brains and its pathways by our minds, or … Continue reading

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Neuroplasticity, Renewing Your Mind

Not long ago, scientists believed that the brain was a fixed and hardwired machine; meaning that brain damage was permanent, hopeless, and untreatable. That belief has changed in recent decades and now scientists have a different understanding of how the … Continue reading

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Admitted Shortcomings of Major Biblical Characters

One of the most comforting aspects of the Bible is that most of the major characters, people we often refer to as Biblical heroes, were flawed. Many have even done worse things than I have. For instance, Noah got drunk … Continue reading

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The Completion of the Bible

Josh McDowell writes in his book, Evidence That Demands a Verdict, “One thing to keep in mind is that the church did not create the canon or books included in what we call the Scripture. Instead, the church recognized the … Continue reading

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The New Testament

The process of the recognition and collection of New Testament books began in the first centuries of the Christian church. Very early on, some of the New Testament books were being recognized. Paul considered Luke’s writings to be as authoritative … Continue reading

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How and when was the Bible put together?

The term “canon” is used to describe the books that are divinely inspired and therefore belong in the Bible. The difficulty in determining the biblical canon is that the Bible does not give us a list of the books that … Continue reading

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Voltaire got it Wrong

Voltaire lived from 1694 to 1778. He was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity. During his life he wrote more than 20,000 letters and some 2,000 pamphlets and books and was … Continue reading

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Cast All Your Cares

Hold your arms straight out—in front of you or to the side, it doesn’t matter. Easy, right? Now leave them there until you finish reading this devotion. Have you ever said, “It’s no big deal”, “That was a long time … Continue reading

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Daily Reliance on God

God delivered the Israelites from bondage in Egypt with miraculous plagues, parted the Red Sea so they could escape Pharoah and his army, led the Israelites with a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at … Continue reading

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