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A Parent's Quest
In Judges 13, there's an fascinating similarity in the story of Manoah and his wife to Mary & Joseph's experience centuries later. The angel of the Lord appears to the woman and tells her that from conception…
Created about 1 month ago
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A Parent's Quest
In Judges 13, there's an fascinating similarity in the story of Manoah and his wife to Mary & Joseph's experience centuries later. The angel of the Lord appears to the woman and tells her that from conception…
Created about 1 month ago
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When a Leader Faces Doubt
It just seemed to wonderful and impossible to be true. Too big of a promise to actually and literally come to pass. Moses could believe God for a burning bush, for turning entire river systems into blood,…
Created 3 months ago
Numbers 11:21 (NLT), Numbers 11:22 (NLT), Numbers 11:23 (NLT)
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Numbers 9:23
Numbers 9:23 (NLT)
So they camped or traveled at the LORD’s command, and they did whatever the LORD told them through Moses.Created 3 months ago
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Leviticus 19:2
Leviticus 19:2 (NLT)
“Give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel. You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.Created 3 months ago
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Leviticus 5:5
Leviticus 5:5 (NLT)
“When you become aware of your guilt in any of these ways, you must confess your sin.Created 3 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-02-23
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Above and Beyond
Thread made of pure gold? Now THAT'S creative genius! This instruction doesn't appear in the original tabernacle instructions as far as I can see. So he must have come up with this idea and technique…
Created 3 months ago
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Exodus 6:30
Exodus 6:30 (NLT)
But Moses argued with the LORD, saying, “I can’t do it! I’m such a clumsy speaker! Why should Pharaoh listen to me?”Created 4 months ago
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Intuition Vs. Instinct
What do I rely on for my decision making? Heart or head? Intuition or Instinct? The Lord's conversation with Job highlights that both are gifts from Him and both have their place. The mind has a more…
Created 4 months ago
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The Problem with Being a "Good" Person
One of the significant challenges that people who are largely moral and who perhaps grew up in religious environments or cultures have is that we often feel that God is lucky to have us on his team. We…
Created 4 months ago
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A Purity Pledge
It is helpful to see how stark and how serious the picture that Job paints of lust and sexual sin. He doesn't share our cultural elevation of lust to a healthy or palatable 'object of desire'. I also…
Created 4 months ago
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Behind the Scenes
My aunt is involved with move and TV production and it is always amazing to me to see how much goes on behind the scenes. Several times in these chapters, seemingly natural events (the death of Judah's…
Created 4 months ago
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Living in the Presence of the Living God
I love this phrase - that Abraham lived in the presence of God. It reminds me that connection with God is not about occasional religious experiences in particular geographies such as buildings on Sunday…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2012-01-18
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Finding God in Unexpected Places
I'm not sure why (likely because of the narrative structure of Genesis) but I tend to think of God as working with Abram and his family at this point in history. It's a ridiculously truncated view, I…
Created 5 months ago
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Who Knew?
Who knew that being a "Ludite" had nothing to do with eschewing technology or being a 19th century revolutionary guild of artisans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite) who protested automation & industrialization…
Created 5 months ago
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Will Justice and Peace ever prevail?
The Psalms put forward an interesting reflection of our world: that a God of justice and peace rules as sovereign amidst the chaos, evil and disorder that prevail in much of our world. But this also…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan
2012-01-12
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Private spirituality or public obedience?
It's high praise to have it said of your life that you walked in close fellowship with God! But I love how Noah's spirituality was not merely or only a private "me-and-God" experience... His obedience…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2012-01-11
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Genesis 6:1
Genesis 6:1 (NLT)
Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2012-01-11
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2012-01-04
