Gardens are full of rich Biblical significance. There are several different uses of the term ‘garden’ in the Bible. Often it is an agricultural application, referring to vineyards, groves of fruit trees or vegetable plots. (Jeremiah 29:5 , Deuteronomy 11:10 ). In other applications, it is primarily an outdoor environment; a place of beauty for [...]
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When I get a new album that I really like, I tend to play it repeatedly until it plays in my head independent of any listening device. Such has been the case with Phil Wickham’s latest release, Heaven & Earth. The opening song, Eden, poetically expresses a longing to return to a place of origin [...]
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It’s funny, the things that exist right under your nose that you’re unaware of. Knowing that I’m involved with helping churches build facilities, a fellow Temple University alum sent me an e-mail this morning which explains how the original church – The Baptist Temple – and the grounds which became Temple University were paid for. [...]
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As architects, we have the benefit of knowing how a plan for a church develops so that it will lead to the completion of a successful project. This involvement gives us great excitement as we see the plan being implemented. Unfortunately, members of the congregation are not so involved causing them to lose the excitement [...]
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