Ancient Mapmakers Marked 'Here Be Dragons'
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Ancient Mapmakers Marked 'Here Be Dragons'
Medieval cartographers (mapmakers) sketched hic sunt dragones (translated "there be dragons") on the edges of their maps. Those three words were used by the medieval cartographer of the famed Lenox Globe (c. 1503-1507) to describe the outer boundaries ...
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- Anxiety
| - Boldness|
- Christ, as shepherd|
- Christ, authority of|
- Circumstances|
- Courage|
- Danger|
- Dependence on God|
- Faith|
- Faith & Feelings|
- Fear|
- God, power of|
- God, protection of|
- Insecurity|
- Omnipresence of God|
- Peace|
- Presence of God|
- Prevailing|
- Protection|
- Risk|
- Safety|
- Security|
- Security in Christ|
- Security in God|
- Strength|
- Surrender|
- Test|
- Testing|
- Timidity|
- Trial|
- Trust|
- Trust in God|
- Uncertainty|
- Understanding|
- Worry
Scripture:
- Genesis 15:1
| - Genesis 28:15|
- Deuteronomy 20:1|
- Deuteronomy 31:8|
- Joshua 1:9|
- 2 Chronicles 15:7|
- Psalm 16:8|
- Psalm 23:1|
- Psalm 23:4|
- Psalm 27:1-6|
- Psalm 46:1|
- Psalm 46:7|
- Psalm 91:1|
- Isaiah 12:2|
- Isaiah 41:10|
- Isaiah 41:13|
- John 10:1-11|
- John 16:33|
- Acts 2:25|
- Romans 8:15|
- Romans 8:31-39|
- Ephesians 6:10-17|
- 2 Timothy 1:7|
- Hebrews 13:5-6|
- 1 John 4:4|
- 1 John 4:18
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