Author: James
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Day 131: Why The Pharisees Missed It, and Why We Sometimes do Too (Psalm 20)
The Pharisees knew the Scriptures well enough to recognize messianic language, but they could not imagine God fulfilling His promises in a way that didn’t match their expectations.
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Day 129: Living in Lo-Debar (2 Samuel 9)
“Lo-Debar” either means “No Word” or “No thing.” Thats where Mephibosheth lived. And sometimes, we feel like that’s where we are living too.
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Day 128: Friendship, Secrets, and an Appreciation for Tara-Leigh Cobble (Psalm 25:14)
Psalm 25:14, has been translated in two different ways, and my first is to figure out which one is “right.” But what if I’m asking the wrong question. I’m I willing to listen to a perspective that comes from a different place?
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Day 128: “Our Soul Waits” in Psalm 33:20
“Our soul waits for the Lord.” Shouldn’t it say “our souls wait?” But the Psalmist’s strange wording is intentional: a picture of God’s people united with one soul and one heart before the Lord.
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Day 127: Gimme Six Steps (2 Samuel 6)
Why did David stop after six steps when bringing the ark to Jerusalem? Fear? Reverence? Or something else entirely?
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Day 126: Gospel Without Borders (Psalm 96:3)
God promised Abraham that “all the families of the earth” would be blessed through him. Israel was chosen not as a cul-de-sac of grace, but as a channel of grace.