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(Proverbs 25:2-10) It is the glory of God to hide things but the glory of kings to investigate them. Like the high heavens and the deep earth, so the mind of kings is unsearchable. Take the impurities out of silver, and a vessel is ready for the silversmith to mold. Take a wicked person away from the presence of a king, and justice will make his throne secure.

(Psalms 50:1-15) A psalm by Asaph. The LORD, the only true God, has spoken. He has summoned the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets. God shines from Zion, the perfection of beauty. Our God will come and will not remain silent. A devouring fire is in front of him and a raging storm around him.

(Luke 12:49-53) "I have come to throw fire on the earth. I wish that it had already started! I have a baptism to go through, and I will suffer until it is over. "Do you think I came to bring peace to earth? No! I can guarantee that I came to bring nothing but division. From now on a family of five will be divided.

(Luke 12:22-34) Then Jesus said to his disciples, "So I tell you to stop worrying about what you will eat or wear. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes. Consider the crows. They don't plant or harvest. They don't even have a storeroom or a barn. Yet, God feeds them. You are worth much more than birds. "Can any of you add an hour to your life by worrying? If you can't do a small thing like that, why worry about other things?

(Genesis 18:20-33) The LORD also said, "Sodom and Gomorrah have many complaints against them, and their sin is very serious. I must go down and see whether these complaints are true. If not, I will know it." From there the men turned and went on toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing in front of the LORD. Abraham came closer and asked, "Are you really going to sweep away the innocent with the guilty?

(Colossians 1:21-28) Once you were separated from God. The evil things you did showed your hostile attitude. But now Christ has brought you back to God by dying in his physical body. He did this so that you could come into God's presence without sin, fault, or blame. This is on the condition that you continue in faith without being moved from the solid foundation of the hope that the Good News contains.

(Luke 10:1-9) After this, the Lord appointed 70 other disciples to go ahead of him to every city and place that he intended to go. They were to travel in pairs. He told them, "The harvest is large, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord who gives this harvest to send workers to harvest his crops. Go! I'm sending you out like lambs among wolves. Don't carry a wallet, a traveling bag, or sandals, and don't stop to greet anyone on the way.

(1 Kings 19:9-18) There he went into a cave and spent the night. Then the LORD spoke his word to Elijah. He asked, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" He answered, "LORD God of Armies, I have eagerly served you. The Israelites have abandoned your promises, torn down your altars, and executed your prophets.

(Psalm 3:1-8) A psalm by David when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, look how my enemies have increased! Many are attacking me. Many are saying about me, "Even with God on his side, he won't be victorious." But you, O LORD, are a shield that surrounds me. You are my glory. You hold my head high. I call aloud to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain.

(Psalm 32:1-7) A psalm by David; a maskil. Blessed is the person whose disobedience is forgiven and whose sin is pardoned. Blessed is the person whom the LORD no longer accuses of sin and who has no deceitful thoughts. When I kept silent about my sins, my bones began to weaken because of my groaning all day long. Day and night your hand lay heavily on me. My strength shriveled in the summer heat.

(Galatians 1:11-24) I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the Good News I have spread is not a human message. I didn't receive it from any person. I wasn't taught it, but Jesus Christ revealed it to me. You heard about the way I once lived when I followed the Jewish religion. You heard how I violently persecuted God's church and tried to destroy it.

(John 8:48-59) The Jews replied to Jesus, "Aren't we right when we say that you're a Samaritan and that you're possessed by a demon?" Jesus answered, "I'm not possessed. I honor my Father, but you dishonor me. I don't want my own glory. But there is someone who wants it, and he is the judge. I can guarantee this truth: Whoever obeys what I say will never see death." The Jews told Jesus, "Now we know that you're possessed by a demon.

Is human intellect and achievement superior to the Bible? Can the Bible be blamed for the atrocities done in its name?

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(Genesis 11:1-9) The whole world had one language with a common vocabulary. As people moved toward the east, they found a plain in Shinar [Babylonia] and settled there. They said to one another, "Let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used bricks as stones and tar as mortar. Then they said, "Let's build a city for ourselves and a tower with its top in the sky.

How do you know the Bible is the Word of God? Is it inspired?

(Acts 1:12-26) Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called the Mount of Olives. It is near Jerusalem, about half a mile away. When they came into the city, Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James (son of Alphaeus), Simon the Zealot, and Judas (son of James) went to the second-story room where they were staying. The apostles had a single purpose as they devoted themselves to prayer.

(John 16:23-33) When that day comes, you won't ask me any more questions. I can guarantee this truth: If you ask the Father for anything in my name, he will give it to you. So far you haven't asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive so that you can be completely happy. "I have used examples to illustrate these things. The time is coming when I won't use examples to speak to you.

(Revelation 21:1-5) I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and earth had disappeared, and the sea was gone. Then I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, dressed like a bride ready for her husband. I heard a loud voice from the throne say, "God lives with humans! God will make his home with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them and be their God.