Tag: Through the Bible
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Day 079: Does God Really Delight in the Destruction of His People? (Deuteronomy 28:45-47)
When Scripture stretches our theology, it may also be revealing something deeper about both God’s justice and our own stubborn hearts.
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Day 055: The Price of Proximity (Number 4:15)
What looks like nepotism at first turns out to be one of the most dangerous roles in the Israelite camp.
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Day 076: Leaders and the Law (Deuteronomy 17:18-20)
Israel’s kings were commanded to write out God’s Law by hand—not to reinterpret it, but to internalize and obey it. The real question isn’t what we know, but whether we live what we claim to believe.
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Day 072: Taking God at His Word: The Mezuzah (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
In Jewish law, there are precise regulations for where and how to place a mezzuzah— the box that holds God’s law. But the most important instruction for where to put God’s law is right there in the text itself.
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Day 066: A Woman’s Word (Numbers 30:3-5)
Numbers 30 allows a father or husband to overturn a woman’s vow, which can sound troubling to modern readers. But when we step back and look at the whole story of Scripture, we see something deeper: God’s grace for people who say things they later regret. In Christ, even our careless words and broken promises…
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Day 065: God’s Provision, by the Numbers: A Devotional with a Spreadsheet (Numbers 26-27)
Through the Bible: Numbers 26-27