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Day 118/148: A Songbook Big Enough (Psalms 88 and 118)
God’s Word makes room for both deep lament and joyful praise—inviting us to bring every part of our experience to Him.
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Day 117: On Yom Ha’Shoah (1 Chronicles 6)
What looks like a list of names to us was a lifeline to the Jews returning from exile. For them, 1 Chronicles 6 was a refusal to let a people disappear.
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Day 114: The Sweet Redemption of the Sons of Korah (Psalm 84)
The sons of Korah came from a legacy of privilege, pressure, and rebellion—but their story didn’t end in judgment. Generations later, they were still serving in God’s house, not with resentment, but with joy. Psalm 84 shows us the beauty of a heart that has learned to trade comparison for contentment and pride for praise.
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Day 112: Empires of Dirt, Pillars of Sand (Psalm 10:12-15)
Through the Bible: Psalm 6, 8-10, 16, 19, 21
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Day 110: Up to Jerusalem (Psalm 121, 123-125, 128-130)
The Psalms of Ascent trace a journey—through distress, trust, and triumph—and remind us that whether we are climbing toward God or waiting for Him to come to us, there is a song for every step.
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Day 108: Which Time in the Wilderness Was Psalm 63 Written About?
David’s been in the desert before—and that’s why he knows God will meet him there again.
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Day 094: The Nazirite and the Nazarene (Judges 13-15)
Samson and Jesus could not be more different. And yet, in one surprising sense, Samson still points us to Christ: a promised son, announced before birth, who would begin to save God’s people.
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Day 089: Making Sense of the Cycles in Judges (Judges 1-2)
The book of Judges is thrilling, violent, tragic, and painfully repetitive. But Judges is not just Israel’s sin. It is God’s mercy.
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Day 088: Are you Passing the Baton, or Dropping It? (Joshua 24:31)
Israel served the Lord in Joshua’s day and in the days of the elders who outlived him. But what happens when no one is ready to carry the faith forward?
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Day 087: Joshua and Yeshua (Joshua 19-21)
How the Old Testament Joshua foreshadows Jesus.
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Day 085: Caleb’s Different Spirit (Joshua 14:11-12)
At eighty-five, Caleb does not ask for comfort. He asks for a mountain full of giants. His bold faith reminds us how much the church still needs older saints with a different spirit, ready to trust God for one more battle.
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Day 083: Obedience is Painful, Disobedience is Deadly (Joshua 5:8-9)
What we try to keep from God, God will expose. But what we entrust to Him, He will protect.
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Esther, Part One: The Hand of Providence (Esther 1-3)
September 24, 2023, Glynwood Baptist Church, Prattville, Alabama. James Jackson, Pastor I’m grateful for the teaching ministry of Skip Heitzig, at Calvary Church in Albuquerque. His sermon on Esther formed the backbone of this sermon. Good morning. Please open your Bibles to the book of Esther. As we’ve journeyed through the Old Testament together, we’ve…
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Day 259: “But as For You, Go on Your Way” (Daniel 12:13)
A Spurgeon Snapshot Through the Bible: Daniel 10-12 As we close the book on Daniel in our journey through the Bible this year, a lot of us are scratching our heads and wondering, What was THAT all about? All those beasts. All those horns. “Times, time, and half a time?” 1,290 days? Huh? Spurgeon himself…
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Can These Bones Live (Ez. 37:1-10)
Sunday, September 10, Glynwood Baptist Church, Prattville, AL; James Jackson, Senior Pastor Good morning. Please open your Bibles to Ezekiel 37. (Pew Bible: p 678) The story goes that during World War II, the army was scrambling to get medics up to speed on basic human anatomy so they could get them deployed quickly. And…
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