Serpent | The Pastor's Workshop

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St. Augustine teaches us that there is in each man a Serpent, an Eve, and an Adam. Our senses and natural propensities are the Serpent; the excitable desire is the Eve; and reason is the Adam. Our nat...

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Edward Welch

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When a serpent comes across your path speaking lies, you should run from it or kill it. You shouldn’t sit around for a friendly chat.

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Augustine of Hippo

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John 3:16-17, Numbers 21:4-9, 1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:5, Numbers 21:8-9, John 3:14-15

The Jews looked upon a serpent to be freed from serpents; and we look upon the death of Christ to be delivered from death.

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Snake Bitten

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Robert G. Morgan

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Hebrews 2:null

According to doctors at the Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, rattlesnakes thought to be dead can still strike, bite, and kill you. Doctors in Phoenix said they have a large ...

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Wise as Serpents

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James Bryan Smith

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Matthew 10:16

In his excellent Apprentice Series books on Discipleship, author Jame Bryan Smith details a conversation he once had with Dallas Willard: Dallas Willard once quoted this verse [Mt 10:16, “be as wise ...