Darlene Davis
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Darlene Davis
Member11/30/2023 at 21:13 in reply to: What was your reaction when you heard that entire Jewish communities had been destroyed? Why do the Jewish people want to remember such events?Devastating. To know the suffering, to know the history of a nation that endured intolerance, hatred, pain and to be more compassionate, caring, knowledgeable, understanding and prayerful toward a nation that came out of what was to never be anymore, if left up to their enemies.
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Darlene Davis
Member11/30/2023 at 20:24 in reply to: Frank Pastore believes that life popping into existence is a second Big Bang. Why do you agree or disagree with this?I partially agree, it did not pop into existence, however, only at the Word of God speaking life into what He created.
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Darlene Davis
Member11/30/2023 at 19:09 in reply to: J. P Moreland points out that science cannot adequately “explain life and meet the deepest needs of the human heart.” Because of this, people are turning to spirituality for answers. Moreland goes on to say, “They’ve stopped thinking when they turn to the spiritual life, and they need to continue to think very carefully about the form of spirituality they embrace. Why is it important to be discerning about spiritual beliefs? What happens if you do not do this?It is important to e discerning because it’s relevance in your thinking about spirituality carefully and the one you choose to accept. before this lecture, I didn’t even know that was a thing (various forms of spirituality).
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Darlene Davis
Member11/30/2023 at 16:02 in reply to: According to Edwin Yamauchi: “The Christmas Magi are often described as wise men or kings. But it’s fairly evident that they were astrologers because of what the word meant in the first century.…And in the 5th century bc when Herodotus wrote, the Magi were a priestly cast of the Medes who served the Persians to offer sacrifice as diviners to foretell the future.” By providing a supernatural star to guide the Magi to the Christ child, does this mean God endorses the practice of astrology? Explain your view.That was supernatural and the events confirmed what was prophesied in Daniel.
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Darlene Davis
Member11/30/2023 at 15:55 in reply to: According to Gerry Breshears, “When the angels appeared to the shepherds, they came to the lowest rank of Jewish society. Shepherds, because of the [their] contact with blood,…are completely defiled and unable to keep the ceremonial law of the Jews [i.e., a Jewish person who has contact with blood would not be allowed to go through the Temple ceremony until they had been cleansed]. This is appropriate that the Lamb of God is going to come to a defiled, unclean, and sinful people to cleanse them.” How does the picture of holy angels announcing the coming of a Savior to shepherds apply to each of us?It ushers in Christ the Savior, the blood that Christ shed on Calvary Cross being the one who would cleanse the world from sin.