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May 27, 2016
The Importance of Marrying in the Lord
“How can I find the perfect spouse?” is a question many single people ask. The Bible gives clear guidance on one attribute that is...
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jacarroll71
May 26, 2016
God’s Sovereignty over Kings
How confident are you that God rules over all people and things, even kings, presidents, and nations? Here we find an example of the...
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jacarroll71
May 25, 2016
Weeping and Shouting
There was a strange mixture of responses as construction began on the temple. Why this weeping and shouting over the same event? Today’s...
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jacarroll71
Jun 18, 2015
The Importance of Expository Preaching
Today’s reading: Nehemiah 7-8; Acts 3 8 They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the...
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jacarroll71
Jun 14, 2015
Following Christ without Distraction
Today’s reading: Ezra 6-8; John 21 10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and...
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jacarroll71
Jun 13, 2015
Believe and Live
Today’s reading: Ezra 3-5; John 20 12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first...
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jacarroll71
Jun 12, 2015
God’s Sovereignty in Human History
Today’s reading: Ezra 1-2; John 19:23-42 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah...
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jacarroll71
May 26, 2013
The Importance of Marrying in the Lord
Today’s reading: Ezra 8:1-10:44 My selection: Ezra 10:9-11 9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the...
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jacarroll71
May 25, 2013
God’s Sovereignty over Kings
Today’s reading: Ezra 4:1-7:28 My selection: Ezra 6:22 And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had...
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jacarroll71
May 24, 2013
Weeping and Shouting
Today’s reading: Ezra 2:1-3:13 My selection: Ezra 3:11-13 And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, “ For he is...
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jacarroll71
May 23, 2013
Missing the Obvious
Today’s reading: 2 Chronicles 35:1-Ezra 1:11 My selection: II Chronicles 36:15-16 15 The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent...
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jacarroll71
May 22, 2013
Starting well, ending badly; Starting poorly, ending well
Today’s reading: 2 Chronicles 32:1-34:33 My selection: II Chronicles 32:25 But Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done...
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