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Ian

Chained

Romans 5:12–21, Philippians 2:5–11, Hebrews 5:1–10 (read online ⧉) Obedience is hard. God knows that it is hard for us. That doesn’t excuse us from it, however. It seems perfectly reasonable to draw from the Scriptures that part of Jesus’ unspoken mission was to show…

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Ian

Trust and Temptation

Genesis 3:1–20, James 1:12–16, Hebrews 2:13–18 (read online ⧉) The reality is that humanity has a hard time trusting God. The story of Adam and Eve is a great allegory of humanity and trust. Adam, especially, should have trusted God wholeheartedly. Eve, too, should have…

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Ian

Relating Relationally

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…

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Ian

Do Black Sheep Stay Black?

Genesis 49:1–2 and 49:8–12, 2 Samuel 7:12–16, Luke 1:67–79, Revelation 5:2–14 (read online ⧉) You might have gathered from all the scriptures that this is about the lineage of Judah. The lineage of the same guy from yesterday's devotion who seem to not particularly care…

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Ian

Same Change, Different Day

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.

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