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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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(Re) Defining the Relationship (Romans 8:12-17)
This week, I asked several people around me if they knew what a DTR was. My suspicion was that if you were a college student or young adult, you knew exactly what a DTR was, but that if you were older, you didn’t. And as it turned out, I was right. When I asked a…
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Day 223: Stay on Target (Jeremiah 17:9)
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? (Jeremiah 17:9) Through the Bible: Jeremiah 14-17 When a fighter jet locks in on a target, the computer helps the pilot stay on target, no matter how many shots the enemy fires at him. If he gets off course, the targeting…
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A Year Without a Shooting: Prayer for the new School Year
God, bless children, parents, teachers, administrators, bus drivers, guidance counselors, lunch ladies, coaches, custodians, academic advisors, and youth ministers, as another school year begins. Bless kids that are driving for the first time. Keep them safe. Bless kids that are going to their first parties and their first dates. Keep them safe, too. And God,…
66 in 52: A One Year Chronological Journey Through the Bible
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