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Build the Temple?!?!? Are You Serious?

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The Book of Haggai is tucked away in that back part of the Old Testament that tends to gather dust. We don’t often have time for these minor prophets, what with their doom and gloom and locusts and all. But perhaps there’s still something there for us. Maybe… The message this prophet delivered to the [...]

The Living Message of Jeremiah

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Jeremiah was given the dubious task of being the prophet who would foretell, and live through, the judgment and subsequent exile of the people of God. The temple would be destroyed. Jerusalem ransacked. People starving in the streets. This is not a glamorous prophetic assignment. But it got worse for Jeremiah: – He was not [...]

The Provision of God is Not Stingy

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“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8). God’s provision is not stingy. Notice the repetition of superlatives in this single verse: – ALL grace – ALL sufficiency – ALL things [...]

Jesus Plays Offense

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“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil” (Matthew 4:1). Let’s not miss the full gravity of what’s happening here: Who was led? Jesus. Who led Him? The Spirit. Where did the Spirit lead Jesus? To the wilderness. Why did the Spirit lead Him there? To be [...]

THIS is your God? Seriously?

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Isaiah 44:12-20 The iron shop is hot today, but there is work to be done. No work, no food – so the man blows air into the flame and begins the hammering process. He hammers until his right arm aches, and that’s how he knows it’s time to take a water break. He steps outside [...]

Finding Yourself in the Good Samaritan

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It’s one of the most often told stories in the Bible – the parable of the Good Samaritan. There are some details that make this story very interesting: – The hero of the story is a Samaritan, one of the hated half-breeds of the time. Told in a Jewish context, Jesus could not have picked [...]

The Soldier With Tears in his Eyes

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The sight was enough to shock anyone else in the room. The soldier was now an accepted member of their house church, and yet there was still a sense of hesitation whenever he knocked on the door for the meetings. These were people, after all, who had been conditioned to hate and fear the Romans. [...]

Chasing Donkeys

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What do you get when you cross a good-looking tall kid, a prophet, and a search for some lost donkeys? You get a king. Not a great one, but a king nonetheless. That’s the backstory of Saul’s anointing as the first king of Israel. During the last days of Samuel the prophet, there was a [...]

Where the 12 Apostles Died

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Great tool here. The map below shows where the 12 apostles are thought to have died, according to various traditions. Blue push-pins equal commonly accepted death locations; yellow ones are more disputed. View Where the 12 Apostles Died in a larger map

Listen to the Talking Donkey

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Oh, to be an ant on the pathway that day. The entourage would have been impressive – princes of Moab and all their attendants. They were dressed in their finest, obviously trying to make a good impression with the man riding the donkey. Gold was everywhere – on the clothes, the head pieces, in their [...]

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