Scriptures Archives - Bible Advocate Advocating the Bible, representing the Church, and glorifying the God of grace and truth Thu, 15 May 2025 20:42:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://baonline.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/05/cropped-file-32x32.jpg Scriptures Archives - Bible Advocate 32 32 A Biblical Expedition https://baonline.org/a-biblical-expedition/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:17:01 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=30713

A Biblical Expedition

The Scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are alive and active (Heb. 4:12).

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]]> Balancing Justice and Mercy https://baonline.org/balancing-justice-and-mercy/ Thu, 07 Jun 2018 23:58:50 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4722

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Most of us are familiar with Lady Justice. We may have seen statues and paintings of her holding a sword in one hand and a balance scale in the other. The sword, of course, represents punishment and justice, and the balance scale symbolizes fairness in the justice dispensed. If we look closely at these representations […]

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]]> Living from Psalm 1 https://baonline.org/living-from-psalm-1/ Thu, 17 May 2018 23:58:28 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4660

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When I was a little kid, my mother said at times, “I don’t want you playing with those kids. They’re fresh and you’ll only get into trouble hanging around with them.” Kids from half-decent families usually hear that warning every once in a while, and it’s probably the first and best advice they will ever […]

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]]> Uprooting the Tree of Temptation https://baonline.org/uprooting-the-tree-of-temptation/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 23:58:39 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4528

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The Bible contains many guiding scriptures to help us overcome, but it also provides understanding of the cycle of temptation and sin that grows, figuratively, from tiny seed to burgeoning tree. We find this understanding in both the Old and New Testaments and can apply it directly to our lives. The apostle James describes the […]

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