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Psalm 19; Acts 7:30-40; Exodus 19:9-15 (read online ⧉) When we talk about holiness or being holy, we have to start with God. We talk about each of us being unique, yet God is even more so. God was not created. God did the creating.

Jeremiah 30:12–22; John 12:36–43; Psalm 105:1-11 (read online ⧉) The people of Israel were in turmoil. Their kings changed allegiances to the bigger powers on the world stage. They were in the middle of two warring empires. They were devastated by war and taxes. Today's…

Genesis 17:1–7, 15–16; Romans 4:13–25; Mark 8:31–38 (read online ⧉) We celebrate people who reach the 100-year mark (or more). Reporters will ask how they've lived so long, and the person will say that they never did such-and-such, or always did such-and-such, or that it…

Psalm 22:23-31; Genesis 16:1-6; Romans 4:1-12 (read online ⧉) The story of Sarai and Hagar is strange. Did Abram not trust God to give him a son through Sarai? Or did they (Abram and Sarai) assume that as Sarai was not conceiving that this would…

Psalm 25:1-10, Genesis 9:8–17, 1 Peter 3:18–22, Mark 1:9–15 (read online ⧉) Trusting God, and placing your trust in God, is a major theme of Scripture. Trusting of God is not always obvious in what we read. Scripture doesn’t tell us much about the time…