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Women in the Text: Sarah’s Abductions

The capture of wives  in the ancient world Within a generation after the fall of humanity in Eden, we read that Lamech “took” two women. He became the first polygamist, thereby rebelling against God’s decree that two people become one, and that the man should leave his family and cleave to his wife. Lamech “took”… Read More Women in the Text: Sarah’s Abductions

November 10, 2016February 2, 2022 kbonikowsky2 Comments

Don’t Tell a Soul

A Biblical fiction short story on Princess Tamar.… Read More Don’t Tell a Soul

July 14, 2014September 20, 2016 kbonikowsky1 Comment

Smelly Grace

I heard this illustration from Don Marlyne (Berean Baptist Church Griffin, GA). I re-told it in my own words  for an article in The Spectacle. It is Monday morning. Time to get ready for work. I do my usual routine; shower, hair, tooth-brushing, get dressed, put on perfume, grab a cup of coffee, check on… Read More Smelly Grace

November 5, 2009November 12, 2009 kbonikowskyLeave a comment

We Do Not Know

It is impossible for us to imagine heaven because we only know the shabbiness of our earth.  We are three-dimensional creatures playing with the science of a fourth, fifth, and even eighth dimension that broadens the scope of what we experience as reality.  There is much more than we know. But God knows. He is… Read More We Do Not Know

May 5, 2009November 10, 2009 kbonikowsky3 Comments

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