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I first read The Monkey’s Paw as a youngster in Junior High School. I was touched by how an elderly couple received the gift that everyone would want, three wishes, and how the gift turned into a curse.I knew something was wrong at the beginning of the story when the previous owner tried to throw [...]
Continue reading " Analysis of The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs: A Study in Lateral Thinking "
When Paul first arrived in Corinth in the middle of his second missionary journey, Acts 18:2-3 reports that he joined Aquila and Priscilla in the occupation of making tents. This fits in well with what Paul himself wrote at about that same time. For example, in 1 Thess. 1:9, he says: “Surely you remember, brothers, [...]
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While many struggle to understand why they are here and where they are going after death my first hand account of the experience of dying and being reborn in a new body is well worth telling. It used to concern me that no one has returned from heaven to say what it is like as [...]
