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- 'Hot' food and drug reps are inescapable components of medical student life. The Bible mentions both in saying: 'Many curry favour with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts'. (Pr 19:6)
- John the Baptist leaped in the womb when Mary came to visit. His mother Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied that Mary was carrying the Lord. (Lk 1:39-45)
- God told Hosea to call his daughter 'Lo-Ruhamah' (not loved) to demonstrate that he would 'no longer show love to the house of Israel'. The Assyrians broke Israel's military power in 724 BC. By contrast,the Lord promised to save Judah 'not by bow, sword or battle...' but 'by the Lord their God'. (Ho 1:6-7)
Know Your Bible 21
- Which poisonous pursuit is likened to 'sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging'?
- When should you 'put a knife to your throat'?
- Who was ridiculed for being bald? What happened to the culprits?
