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jacarroll71
Jul 14, 2018
Luke: the unlikely gospel writer
Luke’s Unique Resume If we consider that the writer of the gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles was not Jewish but a Gentile and...
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jacarroll71
May 6, 2015
Default Position Reset
Today’s reading: I Kings 12-13; Luke 24:36-53 26 And when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is...
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jacarroll71
May 5, 2015
The Heart is the Problem
Today’s reading: I Kings 10-11; Luke 24:1-35 9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the...
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jacarroll71
May 4, 2015
The Way to Paradise
Today’s reading: I Kings 8-9; Luke 23:39-56 8 And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and...
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jacarroll71
May 3, 2015
Two Kings
Today’s reading: I Kings 6-7; Luke 23:27-38 51 Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon...
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jacarroll71
May 1, 2015
God’s Wisdom and Sovereignty
Today’s reading: I Kings 1-2; Luke 22:54-71 So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. I Kings 2:46b 61 And the Lord turned...
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jacarroll71
Apr 30, 2015
Just and Unjust Rulers
Today’s reading: II Samuel 23-24; Luke 22:31-53 3 The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules...
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jacarroll71
Apr 29, 2015
Timing and God’s Providence
Today’s reading: II Samuel 21-22; Luke 22:1-30 1 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David...
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jacarroll71
Apr 28, 2015
Handling Chaos
Today’s reading: II Samuel 19-20; Luke 21:20-38 2 So all the men of Israel withdrew from David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But...
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jacarroll71
Apr 27, 2015
The Providence of God
Today’s reading: II Samuel 17-18; Luke 21:1-19 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is...
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jacarroll71
Apr 24, 2015
The Hidden Consequences of Sin
Today’s reading: II Samuel 10-12; Luke 19:29-48 And the Lord afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he became sick. 16...
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jacarroll71
Apr 23, 2015
The God Who Surprises Us
Today’s reading: II Samuel 7-9; Luke 19:1-28 19 You have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and this is...
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