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Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
3/20/26

Why Town-Based vs. Family-Based Listings in Nehemiah 7?

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 This is a genuinely important structural observation in the text. The list in Nehemiah 7 (mirroring Ezra 2) has two distinct categories of ...

Families of Ezra 2:8-25, Nehemiah 7:8-25

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A note on method: nearly every family in Ezra 2 reappears in the parallel list in Nehemiah 7 , which is the primary cross-reference for all ...
3/2/26

The Final Debrief: What We Carry Into Glory

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Every believer stands on the same foundation, Jesus Christ. But what each one builds upon that foundation is tested by fire at the Bema seat...
12/1/24

God speaks, do you hear it (Heb 4:12, 12:25)?

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Years ago a friend said, "God doesn't speak, he's given us his word." His point was there is no revelation beyond the writ...
9/22/24

False religion is obvious, life is rotten apart from God (Jeremiah 12-14)

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Jeremiah 12-14 outline:  A) False religion is uprooted, so that we can learn the way, the truth and the life (Jer 12) B) We were made for Go...
7/27/24

Spiritual believers but not followers of Jesus Christ

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Reading an analysis of Ephesians this week I'm reminded how easily we can be led astray by false teachers. I know I have loved entertai...
7/9/22

Change is happening, hearts turning toward family (Malachi 4:5-6, Luke 1:17)

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See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to t...
4/4/21

Judah sells Joseph, his family ruined then redeemed by Tamar (Gen 37-38)

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aim: Family rivalry leads to wickedness, sorrow, and death A) Joseph's dreams interpreted by family as ruler over them  1-4) Special rob...
3/6/21

Jacob works for Laban, marries Leah, Rachel and has four sons (Gen 29)

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We see the destruction of family relationships and  AIM: Family is the closest friendship God provides A) Jacob falls in love with Rachel  1...
2/4/21

Rebekah conspires against Isaac for Jacob's blessing (Gen 27-28:9)

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Gen 27-28:9   A) Isaac desire for Esau (everything) is irrevocably given to Jacob 27:1-4) Blind Isaac ask Esau to hunt game for meal - to bl...
9/7/20

Jesus, willing to sacrifice commands us to do the same

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  Vince Miller's 9 Attributes of a man , says our apathy is defeated by Jesus's actions Matthew 20:28 - Jesus came to serve and give...
5/18/19

Personal graveyard every serious minister visits

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Why did I fail? Could I have done something more or less for this person? I see in history the deep ministry of Jesus with 12 + hundreds...
5/4/19

Love one another is central to the Christian experience

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The commmand to love one another is new in its emphasis, example and experience. Emphasis is quality of love, agape - 1 cor 13, 1 peter 4:...
2/11/19

Relationships in heaven and earth (living with God, loving-kindness to others)

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During a recent Alpha class my friend Cody just found out that Jesus was physically resurrected some 2000 years ago. As we talked about he...
1/23/19

Fathers bring children up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4)

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Ephesians 6:4;Proverbs 17:6;18:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but BRING THEM up in the discipline and instruction of...
12/21/18

Christ changes me, my relationships benefit (Col 3)

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col 3:1-14; 15-25;eph 4:25-32; Phil 2:1-16 A) Christ set me on a right and true path enabling me to give my life for others Col 3:1-4) I...
10/12/18

Joshua recounts history and covenant to the Lord before death (Joshua 22-24)

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AIM: Our faith is a response to God's faithfulness, or God's word increasingly became Joshua's thoughts, words, and actions. J...
4/25/18

Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow

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The snow from 4/14 and 4/15 had additional significant meaning in my family. My uncle Milt passed away 4/15 and my cousin Jason was there. ...
3/1/18

God’s love given in Jesus Christ, received with Faith and Hope (1 John 4:7-21, 1 Cor 13:1-13)

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Coming to God motivated by love God is the source of love. He is the initiator of a loving relationship with us. True love is part of Go...
10/5/17

Praise God who comforts us, so we can comfort others (2 Cor 1:3-4)

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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tr...