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- David Alley – Official Website of Author David Alley
David Alley Bible Lover in Rockhampton, Australia Posting Blogs on the Peace Website
- About – David Alley
For 14 years David experienced the up and down life of a rural minister in a small town with high unemployment and the ebb and flow of life Currently David is the Senior Pastor of Peace Christian Church in Rockhampton
- The “until” Verses – David Alley
Sometimes the most ordinary words carry a most extraordinary meaning, such as the word until in the Bible In Matthew 1:25 we see it used concerning Mary, who did not consummate her marriage with Joseph “until” after Jesus was born “But he did not consummate their marriage UNTIL she gave birth to a son And he gave him the name Jesus ” Matt 1:25 (NIV) The Greek word translated
- David Alley
The Number 1000 in Scripture – Source: Aaron Lee on Unsplash There’s something to know about the interesting number, one thousand in the Bible In the Koine Greek language the word used is χιλιάς (kilias) which is where we get the word ‘kilo’ in English, as used in kilometre (a thousand metres) or kilogram (a thousand grams) And, in the Hebrew… Read more »
- Queen Elizabeth II and the Lord Jesus Christ – David Alley
Queen Elizabeth II has been a rock of stability for the world for the last seven decades When I lived as a child in Papua New Guinea she came in 1985 to commemorate 10 years of independance and I saw her A memory I will never forget Presidents and Prime ministers have come and gone, but she has remained Her calm manner has been a source of confidence for many, living through World War 2
- The Seven Israels – David Alley
In 1 Samuel 24:19-21, Saul admits to David that he knows the Lord has delivered to him the nation of Israel, and asks him to promise to be kind to his descendants after him, which David does
- How The World Has Changed – David Alley
In ancient times human life held little value Indeed gladiatorial games were even held for entertainment in which people were killed for sport There was no Emporer more depraved than Commodus when it came to the arena If someone had suffered a cardiac arrest during a game – it would probably not have raised an eyebrow Later in 391AD or so, Telemachius jumped the fence at what was
- Is the World Just Beginning? – David Alley
There are many perspectives that believers have on the timing of things that God does with the Earth In terms of when the world started, believers who take the creation story at face value (literal creationists) believe the world was created just six thousand years ago, so it is young But believers who take a theistic evolutionary approach think the world is four billion years old That’s
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