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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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May 27, 2016
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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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May 26, 2016
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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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May 25, 2016
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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...
jacarroll71
Jun 18, 2015
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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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Jun 14, 2015
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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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Jun 13, 2015
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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...
jacarroll71
Jun 12, 2015
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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...
jacarroll71
May 26, 2013
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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...
jacarroll71
May 25, 2013
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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...
jacarroll71
May 24, 2013
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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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May 23, 2013
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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...
jacarroll71
May 22, 2013
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