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The following blog is over 14 years old at the time of this post. I wrote it on September 23, 2005 in Mosul, Iraq five months after I was baptized. I have left it unchanged. I hope you enjoy it. - Pastor Wagner The Parable of the Wine Bottles "37) And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. 38) But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. 39) No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better." Luke 5:37-39

The 70 Weeks Prophecy (Dan 9:24-27) I was asked today when the 70th week of Daniel's prophecy took place. I have briefly covered the 70 weeks prophecy in sermons before, but I have not yet preached a thorough sermon series on the topic, so hopefully this blog will fill the void until that time. The 70th week of Daniel's prophecy (Dan 9:24-27) began when Christ was baptized and entered into His public ministry, and it officially ended seven years later.

The Different Genealogies of Jesus Christ in Matthew and Luke Why is the genealogy of Jesus Christ very different in Matthew 1 and Luke 3, particularly after David? This blog will answer this question which is common among Bible believers and is also a common objection to the inerrancy of the scriptures by unbelievers.

If you like this blog, then you will like Get Wisdom, Get Understanding which is Pastor Wagner's commentary series on the book of Proverbs which is available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle. Find out more here. For all the blogs in this series, click here: Proverbs Commentary. Proverbs 3:15 "She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her." (Pro 3:15)

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If you like this blog, then you will like Get Wisdom, Get Understanding which is Pastor Wagner's commentary series on the book of Proverbs which is available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle. Find out more here. For all the blogs in this series, click here: Proverbs Commentary. Proverbs 3:14 "For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold." (Pro 3:14)

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If you like this blog, then you will like Get Wisdom, Get Understanding which is Pastor Wagner's commentary series on the book of Proverbs which is available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle. Find out more here. For all the blogs in this series, click here: Proverbs Commentary. Proverbs 3:13 "Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding." (Pro 3:13)

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If you like this blog, then you will like Get Wisdom, Get Understanding which is Pastor Wagner's commentary series on the book of Proverbs which is available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle. Find out more here. For all the blogs in this series, click here: Proverbs Commentary. Proverbs 3:12 "For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth." (Pro 3:12)

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"But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first." (Mat 19:30) I was asked by my lovely wife this morning what is meant by "the first shall be last; and the last shall be first." As I pondered it and searched the scriptures, I found that the Lord Jesus Christ used this phrase, or a variation of it, on a few occasions referring to different things.

If you like this blog, then you will like Get Wisdom, Get Understanding which is Pastor Wagner's commentary series on the book of Proverbs which is available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle. Find out more here. For all the blogs in this series, click here: Proverbs Commentary. Proverbs 3:11 "My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:" (Pro 3:11)

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If you like this blog, then you will like Get Wisdom, Get Understanding which is Pastor Wagner's commentary series on the book of Proverbs which is available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle. Find out more here. For all the blogs in this series, click here: Proverbs Commentary. Proverbs 3:10 "So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine." (Pro 3:10)

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If you like this blog, then you will like Get Wisdom, Get Understanding which is Pastor Wagner's commentary series on the book of Proverbs which is available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle. Find out more here. For all the blogs in this series, click here: Proverbs Commentary. Proverbs 3:9 "Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:" (Pro 3:9)

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If you like this blog, then you will like Get Wisdom, Get Understanding which is Pastor Wagner's commentary series on the book of Proverbs which is available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle. Find out more here. For all the blogs in this series, click here: Proverbs Commentary. Proverbs 3:8 "It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones." (Pro 3:8)

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Today, December 25th, 2017, either by divine providence or coincidence, my daily Bible reading brought me to Exodus 32 which is the account of Israel worshipping the golden calf that spontaneously generated in the fire from some earrings that Aaron threw into it. At least that was his story (Exo 32:24). Aaron's cockamamie recollection of the origin of the idol he made is pure bovine manure to any Bible believing Christian, but would easily pass a stringent peer review process for any leading evolutionary scientific journal. But even more ridiculous than Aaron's fabricated tale are professing Christians who would be aghast at the idea of worshipping a golden calf, while doing essentially the same thing in their homes this morning.

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