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  • Proverbs 1

    I read the proverbs with a bit of shame because truly, wisdom excels folly in every arena.  Wisdom has a voice (20). Sometimes it is the voice of fathers and mothers assuming one’s parents…

  • Exodus 33

    Occasionally God gives us a glimpse of what final restoration will look like.  Such a glimpse is necessary after the repeated offenses of God’s people.  How can sinful people ever be truly reconciled with…

  • Job 41-42

    The context of Job 41 is clear as it follows the questioning the Lord has been addressing Job since chapter 38.  God is saying in effect, “Job, if man is unable to appropriate understand…

  • Jeremiah 17

    Verse 1-2 It isn’t hard to imagine the permanent damage of an iron chisel or what a pen of a diamond point can do.  You do not simply take a piece of cloth and…

  • Judges 17

    Chapter 17 begins a new episode surrounding  the actions of Micah who is the only person named in the passage.  The start of Micah’s episode looks promising in light of his honesty for stealing…

  • Isaiah 40

      “Comfort ye”(v1).  There could be no comfort if God was not sovereign in all power and ability.  Yet, there would be no comfort if an all-sovereign God had no intention of blessing people.…

  • Psalm 4

    Psalm 4 is a song and a prayer though I have little knowledge of how this song would have been sung. I can point out that both Christ and David would be suitable speakers…

  • Joshua 8

    Joshua 8 In Chapter 8 God encourages Joshua again (8:1). He needs to learn from his mistakes and continue on, as a any leader should. Sin does the hindering, but God does the forgiving…

  • Joshua 7

    Joshua 7 As I mentioned in chapter 6, God is the God of exceptions.  Here in chapter seven we see Achan as an exception but in opposition to Rahab.  Rahab was initially not apart…