Today is #BackToChurch Sunday. If you haven't gotten back yet, it isn't too late -- we meet at 5:30 p.m. (Central) and would love to meet you either online or in-person. Don't leave a chair sad! --> https://littlehills.church/sundays

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We're hearing a lot about what society needs, what a church needs to do, what we need personally... Jesus happens to talk about what we need in John 5... Join me on the livestream! https://www.youtube.com/live/AMGa66JDiAQ

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We're hearing a lot about what society needs, what a church needs to do, what we need personally... Jesus happens to talk about what we need in John 5... Join me on the livestream! https://youtube.com/live/AMGa66JDiAQ

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Joyous feast of the Exaltation of the Cross!

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A wooden cross surrounded by red carnations and greenery, on an altar. A gospel book lies before it, bound in gilt with enamel icons. Behind it is a seven-branched candelabra. The altar table is covered in red brocade cloth.

The #PrayerWalk is nearing its conclusion and Pastor Tim spends a few moments reflecting on what we experienced and what we do with that. Also: it isn't too late to join. 🙏 https://faithtreecf.org/prayerWalk/

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Praying #Mastodon / #Fediverse, come on over to the stream and let's add your flag. We've had a truly global prayer walk today: so far of those who've spoken up, we’ve had folks from #Canada, #Greece, #Kenya, #Mexico, #Paraguay, #Pakistan, #India and my home, the #UnitedStates. It's neat seeing people praying from so many places in parallel! https://faithtreecf.org/prayerWalk/

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As you wrap up work and come home, stop by the #FaithTreePrayerWalk! Haven't been on the trail yet? I promise you'll be blessed by it if you do. 🙏

https://faithtreecf.org/prayerWalk/

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Have you been on the #FaithTreePrayerWalk yet? If so, please reply with your experience! If not, please come join us on YouTube or Facebook Live -- you don't want to miss this. 🙏 https://faithtreecf.org/prayerWalk/

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It’s time for lunch… and a stop at the #FaithTreePrayerWalk. Have you bene on the trail yet? I promise you'll be blessed by it if you do. 🙏 https://faithtreecf.org/prayerWalk/

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The Prayer Walk is tomorrow. All of these wonderful friends have great encouragement to share with us as we pray -- and it'll be even better if you're there, too! 👉🏻 https://faithtreecf.org/prayerWalk/

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Hey, guess what Thursday is? The @faithtreecf Online Community Prayer Walk! And I'm EXCITED! https://faithtreecf.org/prayerWalk/

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Do we view God's promises as a distant wafting smell of barbecue or a mouthwatering meal served up to us? Tonight we continue in John 5:25-26... https://youtube.com/live/ZwEnGilveLU

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Please join us for worship tonight -- 5:30 p.m. live streaming and in-person! https://youtube.com/live/FLpK7-DiPac?feature=share

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"For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions." (2 Corinthians 11)

Heaven in a Bucket : The Telemarketing Wing of Babylon : Branded Religious Providers : Internet Influence Activities

https://blog.nightbulb.net/heaven-in-a-bucket-the-telemarketing-wing-of-babylon-branded-religious-providers-internet-influence-activities/

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What do you think of our new ad for @littlehillschurch ? #Advertising #Church #Christianity

I am doing some research on the nativity of Jesus of Nazareth. I am looking into the many sectarian traditions and scholarly opinions on this subject.

I would like to get hermeneutic opinions and off the cuff opinions on some groundwork questions.

1. What actual year do you think Jesus was born?

2. How old was Mary when she was married?

3. How did Mary conceive?

4. What is the significance of his birthplace?

5. What is the significance of the Magi who sought him after his birth?

6. Why was it necessary or significant for an angel to tell Mary she was going to conceive?

Where possible, links or citations would be useful for particular opinions or traditional explanations.

#bible #jesus #theology #mary #miriam #virginbirth #nativity #incarnation #christ #christianity

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My latest #BibleStudy notes on #Genesis20: https://notes.laniecarmelo.tech/shares/puLBoEJCgyPwKalkRc2WFg
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Need to get a few things done but might try and do #Genesis21 here in a little while.

He said, "Of course I may be wrong,
But I wouldn’t be surprised
If this were the greatest Christian church
That ever man devised.

Our organ is the very best
Our choir stays on key.
Our stained glass windows — priceless
Our pulpit — the best you’ll see."

But only the wealthy were welcome there,
I heard slanderous gossip galore,
And from that pulpit so highly prized
The preacher glorified war.

"Is there anything more you could want in a church?"
In pride, he said to me.
"Just one thing," I made reply —

"Christianity!"

-- Peace Pilgrim --

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ARTICLE: https://x.com/TovRose/article/1844473294503989605

SYNOPSIS

There is no historical or textual evidence that the tetragrammaton was pointed as a 'qere' in the ancient biblical manuscripts. The claim that JHWH is a qere for Adonai is ahistorical and there are only conjectures and not proofs for the qere claim.

Moreover, the structure of the Hebrew grammar proves the tetragrammaton cannot be two syllables, as in the modern neologism, 'yahweh'. The tetragrammaton has to be three syllables, JE-HO-VAH and its shortened form is two syllables: JEHO. Its poetic form is one syllable: YAH and JAH. And there is no support for YAHWEH.

Today we are told that the tetragrammaton or 'sacred name of God' was not pronounced out of 'reverence' for the divine name. This is a Hellenist myth and wasn't even started by Hebrew-speaking people. The tetragrammaton was spoken often inside and outside of the temple, with certain rules about when and where and why it was to be spoken. But there was no actual rule or custom against speaking it--Just rules about making sure to not speak it amiss.

NOTES

Upon reading this article some things stand out to me.

Many claim that the divine name was not spoken and was substituted with 'qere' to avoid speaking it out of reverence for the name. And this is a lie.

Anyone who reveres a name actually wants to speak it and does so with respect and pride, rather than substituting a nickname. It is when we hate someone that we refuse to speak their name or prohibit others from speaking it. For example, most of the world hates the mustache man, and invoking his name is discouraged in polite conversation.

The Hebrew bible text itself repeatedly commands Israel to proclaim the divine name, not to hide it behind nicknames. Any reverence for God and his commandments would prohibit the use of 'qere' substitutions. Thus those who invented these customs were not revering God--they were dishonoring him deceitfully.

So the claim that the name was not to be spoken is nonsensical religious dogma of certain mystical sects, and not historical practice of either the temple priests or the Christians who inherited the Levitical tradition after the destruction of the temple. We must remember true history: When the temple was destroyed, the surviving Jews in Jerusalem were carried off into captivity into other parts of the world by Rome. The Jews who had converted to following Jesus before the destruction of the temple had already escaped Jerusalem before the Roman siege, and carried the traditions with them, and preserved them in early Christianity. These first Christians, most of whom were Jews, had no such custom or injunction against saying the divine name, and it shows in their writings, and in their predecessors copious transliteration of the name. Their tradition was the foundation of European Christianity, which joined forces with the Sephardim to preserve the Old Testament and Hebrew language for over a millennium of years. The Masoretes properly pointed all the words, including the divine name, to preserve their pronunciations.

The entire purpose of the Masoretic vowel pointings was specifically to preserve the correct pronunciation of every Hebrew word in the text, not to hide the pronunciation. There would have been a worldwide uproar in the scholarly community over such a practice as wrongly writing the divine name or mispronouncing it. The historical record is silent on such a thing ever occurring.

The name Jehovah with the 'J' sound is correct ancient Hebrew pronunciation of the divine name. Just as the Sephardim scribes have preserved it all these centuries, the Christian scribes took over their tradition and continued to preserve it from the time of the reformation onward. When Tyndale rendered the name as IEHOUA, he was using the pronunciation taught by the Masoretic scribes and their Christian cohorts. It was not an 'invention' but rather a transliteration into English characters of the day.

We are now at a new crossroads in history where many occultists, kabbalists, pagans, and sectarians are once again attacking the divine name and trying to cloud it with confusion and false myths. This is what liars have always done--invent stories to support their delusions. Perhaps in the coming centuries we should expect another vanguard to come and take of the tradition of preserving the name against this army of confusion.

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In the linked paper, Carl D. Franklin digs deep into the history of the tetragrammaton and debunks some of the myths commonly accepted as fact. The paper is part of a series and well worth the read for anyone interested in textual criticism or translation.

PDF: https://www.cbcg.org/franklin/debunking2.pdf

SYNOPSIS

"Is it true that the name Jehovah borrowed its vowels from Adonai?"

Spoiler: No, it is not true. It is a fabrication of a false history. The pronunciation, JEHOVAH was used centuries before Galatinus, so it is impossible for him to have invented it. Moreover, there is a lack of historical evidence that medieval scholars before Galatinus accepted any pronunciation other than JEHOVAH. They all appear to have unanimously supported this one widely known pronunciation of the tetragrammaton.

A lot of religious and textual myths have resulting in mass misconceptions about biblical textual history and meaning. Some of the myths misrepresent the tetragrammaton, or the name of God. This eventually led to the creation of the artificial name, Yahweh, which is not a Hebrew word, and is in fact a cleverly disguised classical Latin name for Jove. The author defrocks the Galatinus origin myth, proving the name JEHOVAH was in use long before Galatinus.

The sacred name mythos is popular in some Christian and Jewish sects as well as among the Hebrew Roots movement. This paper exposes some of the false history and baseless assertions about the pronunciation of the tetragrammaton. As it turns out, the early Masoretes and some early Catholics and the later Reformers had gotten it right - JEHOVAH is the correctly preserved pronunciation of the name of God. The name was never 'lost' and it has been known all through recorded history, if even only by a few.

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