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But avoid foolish controversies, arguments about genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the Law. These things are useless and worthless. http://biblehub.com/lexicon/titus/3-9.htm Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and ... biblehub.com/titus/3-9.htm But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the ... But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings ... Titus 3:9 Parallel Commentaries Titus 3:9 Parallel Texts · Titus 3:9 NIV · Titus 3:9 NLT · Titus 3:9 ... Titus 3:9 Lexicon Titus 3:9 ▻. NASB Lexicon. NASB ©, Greek, Transliteration, Strong ... EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
(9) But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies.—The “questions” and “genealogies” have been discussed above (1Timothy 1:4). The Apostle characterises them as “foolish,” because they were of an utterly unpractical nature, and consumed time and powers which were needed for other and better things. The “contentions” were disputes and wranglings which arose out of arguments advanced by different teachers upon the “questions” and “genealogies.” The “strivings about the law” were, most probably, arguments suggested by disputed and intricate points connected with the law of Moses. In the Talmud we possess unnumbered instances of all these strange and curious inquiries about which men then gravely disputed and wrangled, but none of which could in any way teach men how to make life more beautiful and loving http://biblehub.com/commentaries/titus/3-9.htm
“’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’”
My Old Testament professor had this to say about the ever-popular Jeremiah 29:11: “I am going to destroy what this verse means to you, but then I’m going to reframe it so you understand it better within it’s original context, and then you will love it even more when we’re done.” He definitely had our attention!
We often approach Jeremiah 29:11 as a security blanket: God has a plan for me that is good, so clearly this suffering I’m going through will end soon and then my flourishing will begin! But that is not at all what God was promising to the Israelites, and it’s not what he’s promising us, either.
Author and blogger Mary DeMuth addresses our misunderstanding of this verse in her latest trending post, Jeremiah 29:11 Doesn’t Mean What You Think. As she explains, the heart of the verse is “not that we would escape our lot, but that we would learn to thrive” in the midst of it.Here’s the context: the Israelites were in exile, a punishment from God as result of their disobedience. The prophet Jeremiah confronts the false prophet, Hananiah, who had boldly proclaimed that God was going to free Israel from Babylon in two years (spoiler alert: God doesn’t do this).
Jeremiah calls out Hananiah’s lie, and then states the promise we read in 29:11. God does indeed have a good plan for the Israelites, and it is a plan that will give them hope and a prospering future. Sounds good, right?
The thing is, before he shares this promise, he gives them this directive from God: “seek the peace and the prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” (29:7)
This is not at all what the Israelites wanted to hear! They wanted to be told that they were going to go home. They wanted to be told that their suffering was going to end. Instead, God’s plan was for them to stay right where they were, and to help prosper the nation that enslaved them!
And then came the biggest blow of all. In verse 10, God says that he would fulfill this “after seventy years are completed in Babylon.” This meant that none in the current generation of Israelites would ever return to their home. What a crushing thing to be told!
Mary writes:
Yes, of course God knows the plans He has for us. And ultimately He will give us a glorious future. But as we walk out our lives on this crazy earth, let’s remember that the best growth comes through persevering through trials, not escaping them entirely. And when we learn perseverance, we find surprising joy.
What hard thing are you currently going through? In the midst of your suffering, cling to Jeremiah 29:11, but cling to it for the right reason: not in the false hope that God will take away your suffering, but in the true, gospel confidence that he will give you hope in the midst of it.
The psoas is the only muscle in the human body connecting the upper body to the lower body.
The muscle attaches to the vertebrae of the lower spine, moves through the pelvis and connects to a tendon at the top of the femur. It also attaches to the diaphragm, so it’s connected to your breathing, and upon it sits all the major organs.
A functioning psoas muscle creates a neutral pelvic alignment, stabilizes the hips, supports the lower spine and abdomen, supports the organs in the pelvic and abdominal cavity and gives you greater mobility and core strength.
When it functions well, it has the power to…
… help you achieve peak performance day after day after day.
… rapidly drop ugly body fat that stubbornly clings to your body.
… train harder, heavier and gain strength faster than you thought possible.
… hit your peak of sexual health.
… flood your mind and body with renewed energy and vigor.
Put simply, this muscle is the core of activity in your body. So, when it's out of balance or if the psoas tightens, there are serious consequences which flow throughout the body.
And there's one activity, in particular, that's the sworn enemy of your psoas muscle…
THE NO.1 ACTIVITY THAT'S MAKING YOU WEAKER,
FATTER AND IS KILLING YOUR SEX LIFE
Sitting is harmful
It may be the most harmless activity known to man, but it's also one of the biggest dangers to your health.
Sitting!
Even if you're the most active of athletes, you may still suffer from a tight psoas due to the amount of time you spend each day planted to a chair.
Weakness, shortening and tightness develops in the muscle through sitting for extended periods of time, poor sleep posture and even stress and tension.
Elateroidea
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Elateroidea
Denticollis.linearis.2.jpg
Denticollis linearis, a click beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Families
About 15-20, see text
The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles and their relatives.
Certain clusters of families within the superfamily are more strongly related to one another; for example, the Elateridae have close ties to the Anischiidae, Cerophytidae, Eucnemidae, and Throscidae, and some of these beetles can also "click".
Likewise, the Lampyridae are very closely related to the Drilidae, Omalisidae, Phengodidae (which includes Telegeusidae), and the doubtfully distinct Rhagophthalmidae; members of these families are also bioluminescent, at least as larvae. This group of families also includes many taxa whose females are larviform, though this is also known from a few other families in the superfamily.
The validity and relationships of some families, such as Podabrocephalidae, Rhagophthalmidae, and Rhinorhipidae, are not fully resolved.
Families[edit]
Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857 – soft-bodied plant beetles (= Eurypogonidae)
Brachypsectridae Leconte & Horn, 1883 – Texas beetles
Cantharidae – soldier beetles
Cerophytidae – rare click beetles
Drilidae Blanchard, 1845
Elateridae – click beetles (including Ampedidae, Dicronychidae, Lissomidae, Prosternidae, Protelateridae, Pyrophoridae, Synaptidae)
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829 – false click beetles (including Anischiidae and Perothopidae)
Lampyridae – firefly beetles
Lycidae – net-winged beetles
Omalisidae Lacordaire, 1857 (= Homalisidae, Omalysidae)
Omethidae LeConte, 1861 – false firefly beetles
Phengodidae LeConte 1861 – glowworm beetles (including Telegeusidae)
Plastoceridae Crowson, 1972
Podabrocephalidae Pic, 1930
Rhagophthalmidae (sometimes in Phengodidae, might belong in Lampyridae)
Rhinorhipidae Lawrence, 1988
Throscidae Laporte, 1840 – false metallic wood-boring beetles (= Balgidae, Trixagidae)
References[edit]
External links[edit]
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