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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2012-05-04
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I Must Tell Jesus!
1st Samuel 22:1 records how David "escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him."Adullam is halfway between Gath and Bethlehem,…
Created about 1 month ago
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Isaiah 55:6
Isaiah 55:6 (ESV)
"Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;Created about 1 month ago
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Isaiah 55:6
Isaiah 55:6 (ESV)
"Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;Created about 1 month ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2012-04-25
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I will tell Jesus...
Psalm 142:2 (ESV)
I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him.Created about 1 month ago
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Saltwort
Saltwort is the common name for several salt-tolerant plants (including Salicornia europaea) that grow in salt marshes or along salt-water beaches. Due to its high salt content, it must be cooked without…
Created about 1 month ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan
2011-11-20
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Judging Nations
Here the LORD through the prophet Jeremiah lays down the principles of how he judges the nations of the earth. Here is explained how, on the one hand, God can forgive a wicked nation like Ninevah when…
Created 7 months ago
Jeremiah 18:7 (ESV), Jeremiah 18:8 (ESV), Jeremiah 18:9 (ESV), Jeremiah 18:10 (ESV), Jeremiah 18:11 (ESV)
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"There is a Balm in Gilead"
This is a well-known traditional Black-American spiritual. The “balm in Gilead” is a reference from the Old Testament, but the lyrics refer to the New Testament concept of salvation through Jesus Christ.…
Created 7 months ago
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The Weeping Prophet
The prophet Jeremiah grieves for his people saying that his heart is sick within him and that it is wounded for Jerusalem (the daughter of my people). He asks the following questions because they failed…
Created 7 months ago
Jeremiah 8:18 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:19 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:20 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:21 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:22 (ESV), Jeremiah 9:1 (ESV), Matthew 23:37 (ESV)
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"Be Strong & Courageous"
The repeated encouragement to Joshua and the Israelites is this: "Be strong and courageous" (Josh. 1:6, 8 & 9). It is a restatement of the same message given by Moses in Deut. 31:6 & 7, "Be strong and…
Created 10 months ago
Deuteronomy 31:6 (NIV84), Deuteronomy 31:7 (NIV84), Deuteronomy 31:8 (NIV84), Joshua 1:5 (NIV84), Joshua 1:6 (NIV84), Joshua 1:7 (NIV84), Joshua 1:8 (NIV84), Joshua 1:9 (NIV84), Hebrews 12:5 (NIV84)
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Hymn, "I Must Tell Jesus"
I must tell Jesus all of my trials, I cannot bear these burdens alone; In my distress He kindly will help me, He ever loves and cares for His own. I must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus!…
Created 11 months ago
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How Do Our Prayers Smell?
The offering of incense, in OT worship, provides a wonderful symbol of prayer. Exodus 30:7 instructed: "Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps" (NIV). The…
Created 11 months ago
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The Voice of God
The presentation of offerings for the dedication of the temple in Numbers 7 seems rather tedious. It is carefully recorded as the leaders of each tribe present identical gifts. But the purpose is a great…
Created 12 months ago
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Therefore the Redeemed of the Lord
When I read these words I hear them set to music. Isaiah 51:11 in the KJV reads, "Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their…
Created about 1 year ago
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"Therefore the Redeemed of the Lord"
When I read these words I hear them set to music. Isaiah 35:10 is restated in Isaiah 51:11 which in the KJV reads, "Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and…
Created about 1 year ago
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Ten Commands
Exodus 34:28 declares, "Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant--the Ten Commandments."…
Created about 1 year ago
Exodus 20:2 (ESV), Exodus 20:3 (ESV), Exodus 20:4 (ESV), Exodus 20:5 (ESV), Exodus 20:6 (ESV), Exodus 20:7 (ESV), Exodus 20:8 (ESV), Exodus 20:9 (ESV), Exodus 20:10 (ESV), Exodus 20:11 (ESV), Exodus 20:12 (ESV), Exodus 20:13 (ESV), Exodus 20:14 (ESV), Exodus 20:15 (ESV), Exodus 20:16 (ESV), Exodus 20:17 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:6 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:7 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:8 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:9 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:10 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:11 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:12 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:13 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:14 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:15 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:16 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:17 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:18 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:19 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:20 (ESV), Deuteronomy 5:21 (ESV)
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-03-15
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Provision for the Journey
When the people of Israel left Egypt, it was only after God compelled the Pharaoh to let them go, thru a series of 9 plagues. Here the exiles of the southern kingdom make their exodus from Babylonian…
Created about 1 year ago
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The Red Nile
Back in Exodus 4:9, God had given Moses "a sign" that he might use before Pharaoh. "If they will not believe ... or listen to your voice, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry…
Created about 1 year ago
Exodus 7:17 (ESV), Exodus 7:18 (ESV), Exodus 7:19 (ESV), Exodus 7:20 (ESV), Exodus 7:21 (ESV), Exodus 7:22 (ESV), Exodus 7:23 (ESV), Exodus 7:24 (ESV), Exodus 7:25 (ESV)
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Steadfast Love (Lovingkindness)
The ESV here speaks of God's steadfast love, but I remember in the 1970's when the words of these two verses (from the KJV) became a popular scripture chorus which helped spread the practice of lifting…
Created about 1 year ago
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Old Testament Worship
Here we get an unusual glimpse into the best of Old Testament worship. When the cleansing of the temple was complete and the initial sin offerings, the king, advised by prophet and seer, gives the word…
Created over 1 year ago
2 Chronicles 29:25 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 29:26 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 29:27 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 29:28 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 29:29 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 29:30 (ESV)
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-02-25
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Genesis 50:20
Genesis 50:20 (ESV)
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.Created over 1 year ago
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Apollos of Alexandria
Paul had earlier linked up with Aquila, a Jew from Pontus, and his wife Priscilla. Now we meet another diaspora Jew -- Apollos from Alexandria. It is said that Apollos "had been instructed in the way…
Created over 1 year ago
Acts 18:24 (ESV), Acts 18:25 (ESV), Acts 18:26 (ESV), Acts 18:27 (ESV), Acts 18:28 (ESV)
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Sceva Who?
"Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this." The identification of this priest is a problem. Sceva is a Greek name. John Gill considers him, "chief of the priests that were at…
Created over 1 year ago
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Footsteps of Aquila
Paul came to Corinth from Athens, probably in 50 AD. Aquila and his wife Priscilla had recently come from Rome, due to an order of expulsion by Claudius, the Roman Emperor from 41 to 54 AD. It may be…
Created over 1 year ago
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Epicureans & Stoics
Epicurean philosophy was an ancient Greek school of thought founded by Epicurus(341-270 BC). In the Epicurean view, the highest pleasure (tranquility and freedom from fear) was obtained by knowledge,…
Created over 1 year ago
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Acts 17:18
Acts 17:18 (ESV)
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, "What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities"—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.Created over 1 year ago
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Psalm 50:23
Psalm 50:23 (ESV)
The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!"Created over 1 year ago
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Phylactries (Tefillin)
The Old Testament command "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes" (Deut. 6:8) was observed by Jews from early times in a literalistic way. In the…
Created over 1 year ago
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A Royal Wedding
Since I am reading this on Valentine's day which is my own wedding anniversary, I noted the last part of the heading which reads in the ESV "a love song." The NIV interprets this as "a wedding song."…
Created over 1 year ago
Psalm 45:1 (ESV), Psalm 45:2 (ESV), Psalm 45:3 (ESV), Psalm 45:4 (ESV), Psalm 45:5 (ESV), Psalm 45:6 (ESV), Psalm 45:7 (ESV), Psalm 45:8 (ESV), Psalm 45:9 (ESV), Psalm 45:10 (ESV), Psalm 45:11 (ESV), Psalm 45:12 (ESV), Psalm 45:13 (ESV), Psalm 45:14 (ESV), Psalm 45:15 (ESV), Psalm 45:16 (ESV), Psalm 45:17 (ESV)
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Annointed by God
The psalm is viewed as messianic, because it is addressed to the Anointed King, which ultimately points to the Messiah of Israel. Hebrews 1:8 quotes this verse as referring to Jesus Christ: But of the…
Created over 1 year ago
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Acts 10:35
Acts 10:35 (ESV)
but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.Created over 1 year ago
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Acts 10:35
Acts 10:35 (ESV)
but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.Created over 1 year ago
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Acts 10:35
Acts 10:35 (ESV)
but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.Created over 1 year ago
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Acts 10:35
Acts 10:35 (ESV)
but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.Created over 1 year ago
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Acts 10:34
Acts 10:34 (ESV)
So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,Created over 1 year ago
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Acts 10:34
Acts 10:34 (ESV)
So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,Created over 1 year ago
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Acts 10:34
Acts 10:34 (ESV)
So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,Created over 1 year ago
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Acts 10:34
Acts 10:34 (ESV)
So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,Created over 1 year ago
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Hold on to Hope
"Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God." Ps. 42:5, 11 and Ps. 43:5 What a great question in this refrain!…
Created over 1 year ago
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Brutus Betrayal
Shakespeare depicted the betrayal of Julius Ceasar by his friend Brutus with the Latin phrase, "Et tu, Brute!" (Even you, Brutus!). That phrase has become symbolic of ultimate betrayal. King David…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-01-01
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-01
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2010-12-22
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Genesis 24:1
Genesis 24:1 (ESV)
Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.Created about 2 years ago
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Matthew 11:28
Matthew 11:28 (ASV)
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Created about 2 years ago
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Matthew 11:28
Matthew 11:28 (ASV)
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Created about 2 years ago
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Genesis 13:1
Genesis 13:1 (ESV)
So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb.Created about 2 years ago
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Genesis 11:1
Genesis 11:1 (ESV)
Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.Created about 2 years ago
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Genesis 10:26
Genesis 10:26 (ESV)
Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,Created about 2 years ago
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