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Life

Unfolding the

Map

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The Map of Life: Are God’s Laws Only

Moral ?

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Tony Blair Christopher Hitchens

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"If the Bible were true, it would be a disaster

because it would mean living eternally under a

divine totalitarian despot. It would be like

living in a celestial North Korea,

but worse because at least you can die to get

out of North Korea."

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Oh, I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies. I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes. I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts. Psalm 119:97-100

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Wisdom is Looking At Life

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Insight is Seeing Thru Life

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Understanding is

Responding To Life

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Map Skills: How Do I

Benefit from the Bible?

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Light: The Unseen

Path

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I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:104-105

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Learning: The Journey is the

Reward

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Before I was afflicted I went astray,but now I obey your word. You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees. It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees. Psalm 119:67-68, 71

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I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant. Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight. Psalm 119:75-77

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Love: The Map Only Works When You

Trust It

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Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight. Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. Psalm 119:35-37

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Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. Psalm 119:165

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