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Psalm 107:1–16; Isaiah 60:15-22; John 8:12-20 (read online ⧉) Psalm 107:2–3 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those he redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Isaiah's…

Psalm 107:1–3, 17–22; Daniel 12:5–13; Ephesians 1:7–14 (read online ⧉) Many of Daniel's visions are held up in the church today as applying to today. There are fundamental truths in Daniel's visions (and the visions of other prophets), but we all must be very cautious…

Genesis 22:1-19; Hebrews 11:13-19; Psalm 105-37-45 The almost sacrifice of Isaac is, for many, one of the hardest passages of scripture to read. Those who are parents cannot imagine being God asking Abraham to do this. Those who are parents cannot imagine being Abraham and…

Judges 6:11–24, Psalm 27:7–14, Isaiah 6:8–10 (read online ⧉) Gideon had a prayer. Likely many of the Israelites had the same prayer, "Save us!" It was certainly a worthwhile prayer. We could say that Gideon was chosen. He was. We look backward to Scriptures and…

1 Kings 10:23–24, Isaiah 60:1–6, Micah 4:1–5, Matthew 2:1–12, Revelation 21:22–24 (read online ⧉) People approaching another country’s king with respect, almost as a pilgrimage, was not uncommon. We read the passages and often are lacking the context that kingdoms would often send delegations to…