promise (74)

Ian

Is Swearing Bad?

Leviticus 5:4–6; Numbers 30:10–16; Deuteronomy 12:29–32; Judges 11:29–40; Matthew 5:37 (read online ⧉) No, we’re not talking about bad language. We are talking about making and “taking” oaths. All elected politicians take oaths regarding following the law and upholding the respective (state or US) constitution.

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Ian

Holy Night

Genesis 1:1–19; Genesis 22:17–18; Psalm 134 (read online ⧉) I try to settle, but I just pass through A rain dog, gypsy A wandering Jew All those homes were not ours Then I slept one night In Abraham’s field And dreamt there was no moon…

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Ian

Stepping Forward

Psalm 104; Exodus 13:17–14:4; 2 Corinthians 4:14–18 (read online ⧉) What vision must Moses have had to understand why God chose the path for the Israelites? What did Moses think of his own people to think that God’s decision was right? The division is between…

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Ian

Ends and Returns

Psalm 126; Acts 1:3–11; Revelation 1:4–18 (read online ⧉) I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was…

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Ian

New, not Renewed

Jeremiah 31:31–34; Psalm 51:1–12; John 12:20–33 (read online ⧉) The promise of a new covenant was good news! A people who were lost and broken, many of whom knew that they had fallen away from God received the positive and hopeful news that there would…

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