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Recent content by Matthew Umbarger

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    Conspiracy Theories Are Dangerous

    Conspiracy Theories Are Dangerous-More on CERN and the Supposed End of the World - Smoking a Ziggurat
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    Be cool..Part 3

    The passages that zazzaz provides all speak to Jesus' humanity. Jesus' humanity is created, and subordinate to God. But in the hypostatic union, the Eternal Word of the Father, Who is eternally begotten as God from God, is united in such a way to Jesus' humanity that what we say of Jesus we can...
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    Is CERN Our Generation's "Tower of Babel"?

    This begins as a romp in a wild conspiracy theory, and ends with a theological lecture on angelic locomotion. CERN-Our Generation's Tower of Babel? - Smoking a Ziggurat
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    Our Generation's "Tower of Babel"

    Hey, all. What do you think is our generation's "Tower of Babel"?
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    Insight on Genesis 3 from Greek Mythology

    The Food of the Dead
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    Requesting Prayers for My Father, Suffering from Dementia

    Thank you for your prayers, everyone! There has been some remarkable progress! He started remembering things like his phone number all of a sudden! Keep the prayers coming! I suspect that we are in the midst of some spiritual warfare with all of this.
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    Recommending books on spiritual growth alongside with Bible

    It might be a bit challenging, but I have found the writings of the Apostolic Fathers to be a magnificent companion volume to the Bible. And the apocryphal Gospels (like the Infancy Gospel of James) are delightful legends about the lives of the Lord and the saints from the early centuries. None...
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    Miracle Testimony from My Childhood

    Thank you for giving it a look! God loves to surprise us with His grace.
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    Miracle Testimony from My Childhood

    Read about it here: Smoking a Ziggurat - The Free-Throw Contest: A Miracle Story To God be the glory.
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    My Testimony of How God Rescued Me from a Crisis of Faith

    You can read about it here: A Crisis of Faith: A Story of Doubt and Belief - Smoking a Ziggurat - To God be the glory.
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    Requesting Prayers for My Father, Suffering from Dementia

    Hello, all. Please pray for my father, Dwayne. He is suffering from dementia.
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    Shalom b-Shem Yeshu'a ha-Mashiach

    Hello. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Matthew Umbarger. I operate the blog Smoking a Ziggurat. I have spent nine years in Israel studying the Old Testament. While there, I worked towards acquiring the language skills I needed for a deeper level of understanding. Today I delight in...