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Genesis 24:1–27, Ruth 2:1–16, 1 Corinthians 7:1–9, Hebrews 11:13–22 (read online ⧉) Arranged marriages are nothing new. Many arranged marriages were and are political, financial, or just friends “knowing” their children should be together. The story of Isaac and Rebekah doesn’t quite fall into those…

Exodus 3:1–12, 1 John 2:28–29, 1 John 4:7 (read online ⧉) Moses was not a shining example of humanity. He was…human. He had a temper. He certainly had a confused identity. He was a child of the court of Egypt. How he fit (or didn’t…

Galatians 1:21–2:10 (read online ⧉) The church often states that the message from God has never changed. That's not entirely accurate. God's amazing grace was before all and in all. God's expression of grace was certainly in multiple forms from Adam to Jacob's (Israel's) sons.

Luke 2:21–39, Ephesians 2:11–14, Philippians 2:5–11 (read online ⧉) The “rush” of a newborn child and all the angst that went along this particular child’s birth should have settled down a little. The day of Jesus’ circumcision was a day of fulfilled law and ritual.

Psalm 34, Isaiah 49:1-6, 1 Corinthians 4:1-16 (read online ⧉) What does it mean to be called? That is a question many people ask themselves at various points in their lives. When we were children, the question could be, "what do you want to be…