{"id":538,"date":"2011-06-16T22:30:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T02:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldsandals.net\/?p=538"},"modified":"2011-06-17T22:27:14","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T02:27:14","slug":"1-samuel-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=538","title":{"rendered":"Crystal clear (1 Samuel 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“But the next morning the same thing happened\u2014Dagon had fallen face down before the Ark of the Lord again. This time his head and hands had broken off and were lying in the doorway. Only the trunk of his body was left intact.”<\/p>\n

There was no voice from heaven. There was no handwriting on the walls of the pagan temple. And yet the message was crystal clear. It is not that there are no gods equal to the God of Israel. There are no gods besides<\/em> the God of Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“But the next morning the same thing happened\u2014Dagon had fallen face down before the Ark of the Lord again. This time his head and hands had broken off and were lying in the doorway. Only the trunk of his body was left intact.” There was no voice from heaven. There was no handwriting on the … <\/p>\n

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