PROVERBS – THE MIND OF GOD Click to Download the Printable Version The name Proverbs comes from two words: ‘Pro’ meaning, ‘Instead of…’ and ‘Verb’ meaning, ‘a word’. If you put the two together you have a definition “Instead of words.” That’s what it means to read a proverb. It is an abbreviated saying, instead…
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EXODUS – THE WAY OUT Click to Download the Printable Version Congratulations! You finally made it through Genesis! From this point, we’re going to be moving a bit faster as far as content is concerned. This is not to say that the other books are not important, but there is a huge need to lay…
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Psalms If you are at church and sitting in the pew or the chair, chances are, directly in front of you, or in a rack below you, rests a Hymnal book of some kind with a collection of songs that the congregation has learned to know and love. Well that’s what you have with the…
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Genesis 37-50 There are not many passages in the Bible that set the tone of the narrative or passage as forcefully as this one. After just a couple of verses telling us where Jacob was living and some brief background information in verse 2 of chapter 37, we read these words in verse 3, “Now…
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Genesis 25:11-36:43 Our focus for this section of Genesis is going to be on the person of Jacob; and to do that, we are going to move quickly past the person of Isaac. This is not to say that Isaac has a lesser significance, and therefore we can skip him; but it is to say…
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Genesis 11:26-25:11 It is interesting to think about the fact that there are only a handful of chapters given to provide the accounts of creation, all that it contains, and God having to “restart” the entire human race, but by the time we start reading Genesis:11:26, an entire thirteen chapters dedicated to the life of…
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Summary: Though we do not look to the same promises that these people looked to, we can still look back and see that our God is truly a promise keeping God. Further, we can see that since He is a promise keeping God, then He will certainly fulfill those promises that have yet to be…
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Summary: In our time, sadly, we are very familiar with death. We’ve got funerals down. We know who to call, we know what to wear, we know to find the right memorial. Just think about that: In our time, there are people who actually make a living conducting services and maintaining cemeteries for our fallen. …
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Summary: In just these first three chapters of Genesis, we’ve covered a tremendous amount of history. It is in these very pages where we first learn about the power and nature of God. We learn His name, His character, and His desire. Furthermore, this is where we learn our origin, purpose, and function. It is…
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Summary: If we were going summarize the Old Testament with just two words, it could easily be described by the words, grace and fire. God’s grace is found all over the Old Testament. Sin entered the world, but God, from the very beginning, showed us what He was going to do about it— He was…
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