Proverbs 1:7 (NASB)

Just by being interested enough to read this devotion, I would believe you fear the lord and are looking for knowledge.  

I thought it might be interesting to look at the quadrant of knowledge and how we can match up scripture.

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We see a beautiful view of the planets.  However, I think most of us know that the distances there are not realistic, but did you know HOW unrealistic?

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I was doing some reading online and ran across Pyramids.
OK, I knew Pyramids were in Egypt...

and I remembered they were also in Mexico, though more of the step pyramid version...

But what I didn't know was that there were pyramids in...

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So Bluetooth is named for uniting nations under Jesus…. Though today we don’t go into forcible conversions….

However, whenever you see this symbol, let’s think about being unified as Paul said in Ephesians 4:11-13:

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A recent court case in Italy is interesting.

Italy's top appeals court overturned a conviction against a homeless man from the Ukrane, who stole cheese and hot dogs worth $4.50, becuase he was starving.

Their judgement is that if you are starving, theft of a small amount of food is not a crime.

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I am sure many of you have heard of American Sign Language, or ASL.  How deaf people in the United States, Canada, and many more talk with each other using their hands.  But, did you know it had a connection to Martha's Vineyard?  How about a strong French connection?

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Anyone heard about Microsoft’s Tai?

Tay is a learning chat bot.
Not a real person, not artificial intelligence, but something used to learn about how to get computers to hold conversations.  So you tweet to it, and it will tweet back.  It started out innocent enough:

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February 7th marked the 50th Superbowl.  While not my cup of tea, I am sure many of you reading this, watched it.  If not for the game itself, for the commercials.  

In this case a now infamous commercial.
Lets take a look below:

A new book by a former pastor of the Pine Grove Bible Church, Pastor Don Needham on surviving cancer.

Summer, a time of fun and games out in wonderful nature.....
But is their something sinister in this picture?

Note the lack of sky in the background.  That whole lot behind our house was filled with Buckthorn. 

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Check out this video:

Notice how he says:

1. knowledge doesn't equal experience

2. with practice you can succeed

3. distractions can throw you back into the old ways of thinking

4. once you truly learn a new way, going back to the old way is difficult

5. easier for children than adults

If we look at Romans 6:6-14:

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