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The Shepherd King

As nighttime cloaked my velvet dream
I heard Him call your name
He said “I Am the Shepherd King;
It was for you I came.

It was for you that I was born;
It was for you I cried;
It was for you my flesh was torn;
It was for you I died.

I thought of you and gave my breath,
Yes, I want you to know

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I'm 50 years old. I'm also British-Israelite in my beliefs. This conclusion has come from long and hard study of God's Word. I have a web site (which I do not state on forums so as not to associate it with any comments I made on forums) for almost 10 years now regarding these topics.

I am not so bad a person to be around, in spite of the fact that some want to label it a "cult" or Herbert W. Armstrong follower or whatever other label that can be attached. What I believe ...

A Recap

I want to take this time to summarize where we are in the look at James. For me, 'James' is a soapbox for me to present a look at how we grow, at how we develop in our walk with God. It is in the day to day living that our characters take shape and we learn to approach Him with what we need, with our praise, and our concerns in our life. All feel pressures of some sort, and struggle with problems that seem to just hold us down. James tells his brothers and sisters how to view ...

God in the Midst....

In the midst of our trials, we have to make decisions and actions that are conversant with our relationship with God. Cain, as we saw, could not overcome the trials he faced, and payed the price. Our first mindset has to be one of joy, not letting bitterness in. Cain was not able to listen to God and overcome the sin that was 'crouching at the door' of his life. Cain, faced with the trial of temptation to give in to sinful pride and anger, was unable to win the ...

Translating the Bible into as many naturally evolved languages as possible, I strongly believe in.

But would there really be any point in translating the Bible into constructed languages?

I'm sure there are many Spanish language copies of the Bible. This makes perfect sense.

But, say for example, translating the Bible into Esperanto, which is a constructed language, and generally not used as a first language- I really think translating the Bible into ...