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Standing up for justice
Seems like, in his DNA, Moises had a fervent disliking of injustice. We remember he killed a man who was mistreating a slave. And today...

Marcos
Jun 11, 20251 min read
Looking this way and that
Before Moises laid a hand on the the Egyptian beating a slave, he looked around to make sure no one was looking. When the child grew...

Marcos
Jun 9, 20251 min read
Moses as a kid
Just think of how many stories on which we’re missing out. Like when Mo was a little boy and it was bath day, how hard he practiced...

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Jun 9, 20251 min read
Kids grow up fast
Later on, Moises’ quill is going to tell us way too much information about temple measurements, the colors of the curtains, and who begat...

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Jun 6, 20251 min read
Follow-up on Moses' name
One of my friends facetiously responded to this morning’s “Moses’ name” musing with this: Moses original name may have been:...

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Jun 4, 20251 min read
What's your name?
She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.” Ex 2.10b I wonder, for no real reason at all, what Moses’...

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Jun 3, 20251 min read
Down by the Nile
So, this young princess grabs her loofah (although I do suppose she had one of her damsels collect the gear), and heads down to the river...

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Jun 2, 20251 min read
Opening up to Exodus today
Exodus Moses tell us that the more the Hebrews got squashed by Pharoah and the Egyptians, the more they stood up tall. But the more...

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Jun 1, 20251 min read
Whoosh
[Jesus] canceled the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. Col 2.14a Whoosh, and the entire list of my bads and...

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May 31, 20251 min read
All
This morning in Colossians God… having forgiven us all our trespasses Col 2.13c Hmmm, that sound vaguely familiar. Like I heard it...

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May 29, 20251 min read
Why?
When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?” Gen 42.1 I ask When...

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May 28, 20251 min read
Can they find such a one?
When he ran into the likes of Joseph, Pharoah was duly impressed. He expressed his awe to his team: And Pharaoh said unto his servants,...

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May 27, 20251 min read
The bottom line
Going back to the second generation: Rebecca was not able to get pregnant. Rebecca was barren Gen 25.21b Yet Isaac had a better idea...

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May 26, 20251 min read
Missionary kids
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. Gen 37.1 Every MK I know can identify with this...

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May 24, 20251 min read
"I have a good idea"
Jumping down two generations from yesterday: Rachel was barren. Gen 29.31 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied...

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May 22, 20251 min read
The buck
The family, in general, had a history of being unable to get pregnant. Something genetical? I don’t think so. It was a God thing....

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May 20, 20251 min read
The awe of it
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt… and the Lord was with Joseph, he was a successful man. This morning, what comes to mind is...

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May 19, 20251 min read
Planted
Abraham was a real altar builder. Sometimes, it was the first thing he would do, upon arrival at a new place. (Unlike us, the first thing...

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May 18, 20251 min read
He changed
We know that Jacob was a bit of a shyster, his very name reveals him to be a “supplanter.” Yet we see a different side of him after...

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May 14, 20251 min read
Doubly so
Powerful the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. Col 2.12c God was powerful in raising Jesus from the dead. ...

Marcos
May 13, 20251 min read
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