January 2009
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1 Timothy 2:8-15
This is the part of the book I’ve been waiting to learn about. I couldn’t wait to hear how our pastor would explain the passages and today’s application of them.
If you’re not familiar with 1 Timothy, Paul is writing to his protege about teaching corruption in the church they’ve established. He’s asking Timothy to instruct the teachers who are teaching the law...
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WatchBased on a woman putting herself in the place of the woman at the well whom Jesus saw. Who of us has not felt like this a time or two in life? Do you know what she discovers?
November 2008
1 post
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The Two Queens - Esther Chapters 1&2
Beginning a study of the book of Esther and being asked not to read ahead, I wanted to catalog the thoughts as we go along.
The emphasis so far is on how God uses adverse circumstances to carry out His will. The Bible is full of instances where God uses the most unlikely candidates and circumstances to execute His plan. There are some definite unlikely characters in Xerxes, Queen Vashti,...
October 2008
3 posts
Alabaster Jar
In recent months, I’ve heard the story from the Bible of the woman who poured out perfume on the feet of Jesus to the tune of a year’s salary.
She was criticicized for doing so; Jesus was criticized for protecting her. And I’ve often heard it preached that the moral of the story is that she gave something precious without regard to cost to annoint Jesus whom she loved.
I can...
WatchCardboard Testimonies
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“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your...”
– NIV Version of the Bible