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Facing a Crisis; Dealing with Failure
Today’s reading: Genesis 25-26; Matthew 9:1-17 How do you face a crisis? How do you handle failure, sin, and guilt? Isaac faced a crisis,...
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Jan 9, 2015
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The Dramatic and the Mundane
Today’s reading: Genesis 23-24; Matthew 8 Life unfolds mostly in ordinary, everyday ways. Mostly, but then there are days that one senses...
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Jan 8, 2015
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Faith Works
Today’s reading: Genesis 20-22; Matthew 7 God calls us to believe in Him but, more importantly, to believe Him. Abraham believed God or...
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Jan 7, 2015
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What’s important? I forget.
Today’s reading: Genesis 18-19; Matthew 6 What should we be worried about? To put it another way, what’s really important? If God had not...
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Jan 6, 2015
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God Keeps His Promises
Today’s reading: Genesis 15-17; Matthew 5:27-48 God made Man to live in a perfect world without strife and hostility. After the fall, God...
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Jan 6, 2015
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The Struggle for Sanctification
Today’s reading: Genesis 12-14; Matthew 5:1-26 A reality for every believer is the awareness that our actions are too frequently...
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Jan 4, 2015
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The Continuing Need for Repentance
Today’s reading: Genesis 9-11; Matthew 4 The cosmic battle continues after the flood. Mankind, united by one language and forgetting the...
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Jan 3, 2015
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Water: Judgment or Deliverance?
Today’s reading: Genesis 6-8; Matthew 3 God exercises His power in judgment on sinful mankind with a universal flood. Even in the flood,...
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Jan 2, 2015
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Hope for the Cosmic Conflict
Today’s reading: Genesis 3-5; Matthew 2 In Genesis 3, temptation and sin enter the human experience. By listening to the serpent and...
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Jan 1, 2015
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In the beginning, God
Today’s reading: Genesis 1-2; Matthew 1 (click on the reference to open the reading in a new window) Welcome to a new year in the Bible....
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Dec 31, 2014
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Getting a Divine Perspective on Human History
We are almost at the end of January. My reading today was in Exodus 22-24 and Matthew 20:17-34. If you are following the same schedule...
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Jan 30, 2014
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Meeting God in Genesis
Genesis, the first book of the Bible, lays the foundation for all that is to follow. These foundations include: 1. The actions and...
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Jan 12, 2014
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