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Handling a Leadership Crisis
Today’s reading: Exodus 5:1-7:25 If you are like me when I read my Bible, you come across incidents which puzzle you. One that I have...
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Jan 21, 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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God’s Hand in Human History
Today’s reading: Genesis 49:1-Exodus 1:22 We finish Genesis and begin Exodus today. Genesis has taken us from Creation and the Fall of...
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Jan 19, 2016
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War: Just or Unjust?
Today’s reading: Genesis 34:1-36:30 It is no simple matter to evaluate the wisdom or necessity of waging war. As I said, “it is hard to...
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Jan 13, 2016
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Change of Heart
Today’s reading: Genesis 31:22-33:20 Are you impressed with the way God used the trials in Jacob’s life to humble him? As a young man, I...
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Jan 12, 2016
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Salvation: Enduring and Undeserved
Today’s reading: Genesis 6:1-9:17 Sometimes it seems like God’s providence[1] is intermittent. He can seem to be like a Gandalf, the...
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Jan 3, 2016
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Choosing Sides in the War
Satan is at war with the children of the woman. We are faced with the choice: whose side will we serve? God’s or the dragon’s? Today’s...
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Dec 21, 2015
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The Danger of Prosperity
Many can handle adversity, but few prosperity. Are you aware of the danger of prosperity? Today’s reading: Hosea 12-14; Revelation 3...
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Dec 12, 2015
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Defying Authority
The solution to abusive authority is not to question the concept of authority but to reject authority which defies God. Today’s reading:...
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Dec 8, 2015
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Equality and Calling
The New Covenant brought a wonderful equality and calling in the Church unknown under the Old Covenant, but created a tension we must...
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Nov 29, 2015
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Glory Revealed
History shows the ongoing conflict between Christ and Satan, but, it will culminate in glory revealed. Today’s reading: Ezekiel 38-39; 1...
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Nov 27, 2015
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Honoring Christ
Honoring Christ by maintaining hope even in the midst of great trials and suffering, can make the Christian life a curiosity to...
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Nov 26, 2015
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