Genesis 39:1-23
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Power, Sex, and Serving God in Prison This passage has all of the drama of a soap opera. The scene opens with Joseph having moved from his abysmal treatment at the hands of his brothers to serving the captain of Pharaoh’s guard. It is likely that Potiphar is the head of Pharaoh’s armed forces. In…
Exodus 5:1-9
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Comments and Observations Adding insult to injury. We have phrases like this in our English usage, which remind us that sometimes life gets worse before it gets better, if it gets better at all. It’s a fact of life that there are times when we think things can’t get any worse, and yet they can,…
Joshua 4:1-24
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Observations The people of God are called to remember. To remember how good God is, how he maintains his purposes and how he keeps his promises. The people of God have already been told to tie the word on their wrists and put it on their doorposts, that they might remember the Lord their God…
Nehemiah 1:1 – 2:6
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If one reads the Bible with a view for the whole it is clear that God has a heart for the city. Jesus talks about cities as he says to his followers, “you are the light of the world, a city on a hill that cannot be hidden.” He says that in the city there…
Matthew 11:7-19
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Have you ever said that about yourself that you are greater than King David? Or have you ever said that you are greater than Solomon? Jesus says that the least in the kingdom are greater than John the Baptist and John the Baptist is greater than all who came before him. Which means you are…
2 Corinthians 2:12-3:6
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The gospel brings trials and trouble and in life. Paul has suffered greatly for the sake of the gospel and because of this there are those who doubt his apostolic authority. Paul in vss. 12-13 describes the burden on his heart for the church. There is cause for thanks however. If you choose to take…
Hebrews 3
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Observations The journey of God’s people in the Old Testament from Egypt to Canaan is a pattern and a picture of the Christian life. In the Old Testament they were moving toward promised rest, and in the same way we are moving toward promised rest when we will see Christ and be made like him….
Revelation 2 & 3
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In these two chapters are seven letters to the seven churches. In some measure each letter has the same form. Each letter begins “To the angel of the church in ______ write: These are the words of Him who….” And there is some description of Jesus Christ drawn from chapter 1. This is followed by…
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