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  • Boasting in the Lord

    In this world, we are tempted to boast in our wisdom, strength and wealth, but none of these intrinsically matter. God tells the people of Judah that he loves steadfast love, justice and righteousness…

    Created 22 days ago

    Jeremiah 9:23 (ESV), Jeremiah 9:24 (ESV)

  • An unshakable kingdom

    This may be slightly out of context since the author quotes a different passage, but I was just reading the story of Israel's early history and how quickly the kingdom is shaken and torn in two and follows…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Hebrews 12:28 (ESV)

  • You cannot outgive God

    When Hannah offered Samuel, she did not expect more children, she was fulfilling her vow, yet the Lord graciously blessed her with 5 more children. God did not owe it to her, he fulfilled her humble request.…

    Created 2 months ago

    1 Samuel 2:21 (NIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 [Public] Notes

    2012-03-21

  • the Lord gave what I asked, so now I give it back to him

    What a mother! Hannah fulfills her vow and returns Samuel to serve the Lord. Even though she does this to fulfill a vow, it seems like she has another kind of impulse (based on her words), that in response…

    Created 2 months ago

    1 Samuel 1:27 (NIV), 1 Samuel 1:28 (NIV)

  • Why the prophets prophesied

    Reading the Old Testament, we see many times where the prophets prophesy even though God explicitly tells them the people will not listen (e.g. Isaiah). This probably feels like pointless work and suffering…

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Peter 1:12 (ESV)

  • Why the prophets prophesied

    Reading the Old Testament, we see many times where the prophets prophesy even though God explicitly tells them the people will not listen (e.g. Isaiah). This probably feels like pointless work and suffering…

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Peter 1:12 (ESV)

  • Why the prophets prophesied

    Reading the Old Testament, we see many times where the prophets prophesy even though God explicitly tells them the people will not listen (e.g. Isaiah). This probably feels like pointless work and suffering…

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Peter 1:12 (ESV)

  • Why the prophets prophesied

    Reading the Old Testament, we see many times where the prophets prophesy even though God explicitly tells them the people will not listen (e.g. Isaiah). This probably feels like pointless work and suffering…

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Peter 1:12 (ESV)

  • Sabbath Conquest

    The Sabbath should have been a day of rest according to the law of Moses, and in a sense it is. On this day, God gave Israel victory over Jericho without them having worked, God tore down the walls of…

    Created 3 months ago

    Joshua 6:15 (ESV)

  • God makes distinctions

    These rules about clean and unclean foods teaches Israel that God does make such distinctions and that he has chosen them and made them clean. The food they ate was to be a daily reminder that they were…

    Created 3 months ago

    Deuteronomy 14:3 (ESV)

  • wise and understanding laws

    God's law is good, it is insightful and just and wise and understanding and there is much we learn from it. God has made his will and wisdom known within a specific cultural context, a concrete example…

    Created 3 months ago

    Deuteronomy 4:6 (ESV)

  • God disciplines Israel, his son

    "I told you not to go. Why are you coming back and crying to me now? You didn't listen to me then; you want me to listen to you now?" This whole preamble to Deuteronomy by Moses is a succint summary…

    Created 3 months ago

    Deuteronomy 1:45 (ESV)

  • Women's "rights" upheld

    Despite the modern characterization of ancient Israel as backwards and uncivilized in its treatment of women, we see here dignity and worth ascribed to the daughters of Zelophehad along with submission…

    Created 3 months ago

    Numbers 36:5 (ESV), Numbers 36:6 (ESV), Numbers 36:7 (ESV), Numbers 36:8 (ESV)

  • Polluting the land with bloodshed

    Here the Lord instructs Israel that murder and capital punishment are not merely social constructs, but are woven into the earth, the land God gave them. The land itself from which man was taken is defiled…

    Created 3 months ago

    Numbers 35:33 (KJV), Numbers 35:34 (KJV)

  • YHWH remains with Israel though they would not enter the Promised Land

    God is still with Israel even though he swore they (the current generation) would not enter the Promised Land. He guides them through the desert. He provides them with food and drink, bread from heaven…

    Created 4 months ago

    Numbers 21:34 (NIV)

  • an antidote provided instead of the problem removed

    Israel asks God to take away the snakes, which were a judgment for their sins. God hears their cry, but instead of taking away the snakes of judgment, he provides an antidote so that the snakes' bite…

    Created 4 months ago

    Numbers 21:7 (NIV), Numbers 21:8 (NIV), Numbers 21:9 (NIV)

  • Both Moses & Aaron were complicit

    It appears that both Aaron and Moses were complicit in disobeying God since Aaron was Moses' spokesperson and Moses heard from God. Aaron likely said "Hear now, you rebels..." and then Moses instead of…

    Created 4 months ago

    Numbers 20:10 (ESV), Numbers 20:11 (ESV), Numbers 20:12 (ESV)

  • the sweet aroma protecting the people

    I can see Aaron running through the thousands of people falling to his right and left, carrying the censer and reaching the front lines of the plague exhausted and disheveled and humbly lifting up the…

    Created 4 months ago

    Numbers 16:47 (ESV), Numbers 16:48 (ESV)

  • Jesus knew all along--why didn't Judas confess?

    Jesus had made it clear all along that he knew Judas would betray him. Judas was close to Jesus, and all these deceitful thoughts in his heart were exposed even while he is trying to disguise himself.…

    Created 4 months ago

    John 13:27 (ESV), John 13:28 (ESV)

  • The people are responsible, not just the person

    If an individual sacrifices his children to Molech, the people are authorized and are responsible to punish that person according to the law. If the community fails to uphold justice, it will be punished.…

    Created 4 months ago

    Leviticus 20:3 (ESV), Leviticus 20:4 (ESV), Leviticus 20:5 (ESV)

  • prohibiton on passive-aggressiveness

    Who would of known that the Scriptures explicitly prohibit passive aggressive behavior. Such behavior cannot be culturally justified saying that in this or that culture you keep it to yourself because…

    Created 4 months ago

    Leviticus 19:17 (ESV), Leviticus 19:18 (ESV)

  • sexual misconduct results in geographical ejection

    These strong warnings are given against sexual misconduct with the reason being that the land vomitted the people who practiced such things. When a believer fights for holy sexually individually and communally,…

    Created 4 months ago

    Leviticus 18:19 (ESV), Leviticus 18:20 (ESV), Leviticus 18:21 (ESV), Leviticus 18:22 (ESV), Leviticus 18:23 (ESV), Leviticus 18:24 (ESV), Leviticus 18:25 (ESV), Leviticus 18:26 (ESV), Leviticus 18:27 (ESV), Leviticus 18:28 (ESV), Leviticus 18:29 (ESV), Leviticus 18:30 (ESV)

  • design, production, testing, configuration, training, deployment

    Moses has just described a product development process. 1. God the "customer" gave Moses his design requirements and the chose the lead craftsmen he wanted for the project--Bezalel with Oholiab as his…

    Created 4 months ago

    Exodus 40:34 (NIV), Exodus 40:35 (NIV)

  • Syncretism a perverse compromise

    The gold that Israel looted when it escaped from Egypt, which God intended to bless them by, now becomes the means to satisfy their idolatry. Aaron, the ordained priest of Yahweh now leads the people…

    Created 4 months ago

    Exodus 32:2 (ESV), Exodus 32:3 (ESV), Exodus 32:4 (ESV), Exodus 32:5 (ESV), Exodus 32:6 (ESV)

  • Rich and Poor are of Equal Worth

    The Lord tells Moses explicitly that the rich and poor shall give the same amount for their ransom. A rich man is not worth more than a poor man, neither is a poor man worth less than a rich man, but…

    Created 4 months ago

    Exodus 30:15 (ESV), Exodus 30:16 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-12-21

  • Isaiah 57:15

    Isaiah 57:15 (ESV)
    For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Matthew 15:19

    Matthew 15:19 (NIV)
    For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Jeremiah 23:22

    Jeremiah 23:22 (ESV)
    But if they had stood in my council, then they would have proclaimed my words to my people, and they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their deeds.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Isaiah 63:17

    Isaiah 63:17 (ESV)
    O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways and harden our heart, so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Isaiah 62:4

    Isaiah 62:4 (ESV)
    You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-07-21

  • Isaiah 33:14-15

    Isaiah 33:14-15 (AMP)
    The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the godless ones. [They cry] Who among us can dwell with that devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with those everlasting burnings?

    Created 11 months ago

  • Isaiah 33:14-15

    Isaiah 33:14-15 (AMP)
    The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the godless ones. [They cry] Who among us can dwell with that devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with those everlasting burnings?

    Created 11 months ago

  • Isaiah 25:8

    Isaiah 25:8 (ESV)
    He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Isaiah 22:13

    Isaiah 22:13 (AMP)
    But instead, see the pleasure and mirth, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, [with the idea] Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!

    Created 11 months ago

  • Psalm 37:23

    Psalm 37:23 (NIV)
    The lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him;

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Psalm 37:24

    Psalm 37:24 (NIV)
    though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the lord upholds him with his hand.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-05-05

  • Psalm 36:7

    Psalm 36:7 (ESV)
    How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 36:8

    Psalm 36:8 (ESV)
    They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 36:9

    Psalm 36:9 (ESV)
    For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 101:3

    Psalm 101:3 (ESV)
    I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-04-21

  • John 4:10

    John 4:10 (AMP)
    Jesus answered her, If you had only known and had recognized God’s gift and Who this is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him [instead] and He would have given you living water.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • John 4:11

    John 4:11 (AMP)
    She said to Him, Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no drawing bucket] and the well is deep; how then can You provide living water? [Where do You get Your living water?]

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Deuteronomy 32:21

    Deuteronomy 32:21 (ESV)
    They have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are no people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Deuteronomy 10:12

    Deuteronomy 10:12 (ESV)
    "And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Deuteronomy 10:13

    Deuteronomy 10:13 (ESV)
    and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good?

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Deuteronomy 8:17

    Deuteronomy 8:17 (ESV)
    Beware lest you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.'

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-02-02

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2010-12-28

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2010-12-22

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2010-12-22

  • Philippians 3:15

    Philippians 3:15 (ESV)
    Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.

    Created over 1 year ago

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