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Your Place in Human History
Names, names, and more names! But these are real people who lived, just as you live today. What are we to learn from this? Today’s...
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May 3, 2016
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What Goes Around…
History. Are we learning from it? Today’s reading: 1 Kings 11:26-13:34 What we learn from history is that we don’t learn much from...
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Apr 20, 2016
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The Sad End of a Great King
“Few end well.” Today’s reading: 1 Kings 8:62-11:25 Once again we see an example of how difficult it is to handle success and prosperity...
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Apr 19, 2016
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Seeing Life Differently
Today’s reading: 2 Samuel 1:1-3:21 We were created in God’s image to glorify Him. Whatever does not glorify Him is not only counter to...
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Apr 7, 2016
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Walking with God in Fear and Faith
Today’s reading: 1 Samuel 22:6-24:22 As a leader, David demonstrated that he feared no one but God and that he trusted God completely. ...
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Apr 4, 2016
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God’s Glory and Judgment
Today’s reading: 1 Samuel 5:1-8:22 The chief end of man is “to glorify God and enjoy Him forever” (Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 1). ...
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Mar 29, 2016
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Everyone is Doing It!
Today’s reading: Judges 14:1-17:13 Not unlike the society we read about in Judges, post-modern man overestimates his wisdom to know and...
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Mar 24, 2016
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Seize the Day
Today’s reading: Numbers 32:1-33:56 James 4:14b says, “What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then...
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Feb 26, 2016
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The Pride of Power
Today’s reading: Leviticus 26:1-27:34 Beware! We can be destroyed by our own success. For more reflections on this passage see the...
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Feb 12, 2016
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Self-confidence vs. God-confidence
Today’s reading: Exodus 2:1-4:31 Here we get an intimate picture of Moses’ inner life, his thoughts and struggles as he interacts with...
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Jan 20, 2016
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Selfish or Selfless?
Today’s reading: Genesis 19:30-22:24 Anyone who thinks that people are basically good will find the Bible to show otherwise. The lives...
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Jan 7, 2016
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Worship that Pleases God
Today’s reading: Genesis 4-5 The history of Cain and Abel causes me pause. It is the first recorded case of murder, it occurred within a...
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Jan 2, 2016
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