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He will possess the gate of his enemies.

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1814, 6th May, 2012
Look at the connections between these four scriptures: From Genesis 22: 15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven the second time, 16 and said, “‘By myself I have sworn,’ says the LORD, ‘for because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your only son, 17 that in blessing [...]
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communism, the free market, and the early church

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1821, 8th March, 2010
In a conversation between myself and the legendary Joel Watts, we were discussing socialism versus free market economics.  And brother Joel said the following: And what exactly are ’socialist motives’? You mean live feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and having all things common in a community so that everyone is equal? Now, Joel did [...]
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get behind me, satan! how sometimes jesus smacks us in the face (so to speak)

By mitchell b powell | Published: 2103, 16th December, 2009
The passage I’m about to speak about is a passage which is very controversial between Protestants and Catholics. I’ll bet you can figure out my position on that. But what I want to look at is another angle of what’s being said in the text, about Peter as a person, and how that applies to [...]
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