Category: Spurgeon Snapshots
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Day 028: From Jacob to Israel and Back to Jacob (Genesis 46:2)
A Spurgeon Snapshot That night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” he said. And Jacob replied, “Here I am.””Genesis 46:2 CSB Even though God changed Jacob’s name to Israel way back in Genesis 32 (see Day 023: Wrestling With God (Genesis 32:24-29), the text switches back and forth between the two names…
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Day 019: Why the Oldest Saints Get the Toughest Tests (Gen. 22:1)
Through the Bible: Genesis 22-24
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Day 003: Without the Shedding of Blood…(Genesis 8:20-22)
Even before the Law was given, sacrifices were still made.
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Day 346: Repentance Toward God (Acts 20:21)
A Spurgeon Snapshot …testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 20:21, KJV Through the Bible: Acts 20-20-23 As it has so many times during this year, Charles Spurgeon’s insight into Scripture floored me in today’s reading. Spurgeon took one word from…
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Day 262: Why the Second Temple Was So… Meh (Haggai 2:3)
A Spurgeon Snapshot “‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Is it not as nothing in your eyes?”Haggai 2:3 ESV One of the remarkable features of Zerubbabel’s temple was that it wasn’t that remarkable at all. We get the first clue that it’s…
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Day 233: Why Does God Hate Sin So Much? (A Spurgeon Snapshot)
Through the Bible: Jeremiah 41-45