Exodus 1:1 to 2:10 Without a doubt, the two midwives in our story – Shiphrah & Puah – were courageous women, defying the Pharaoh’s orders. They wouldn’t follow his instructions to make sure all the Hebrew boys died at birth. Consequently, Israel’s population continued to grow, increasing the king’s fear that they would […]
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Genesis 42-46 How many of us heard these kinds of phrases growing up? ‘Come on boys. Come on girls… say you’re sorry.’ ‘Just kiss and make up.’ ‘Say you are sorry like you mean it.’ ‘It was nothing. You need to forgive them.’ ‘You better get along because you want to be friends
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Genesis 39, 41 I’m not much for theme park rides. I’m definitely not a fan of rides that spin, or swing back and forth. Those are likely to induce nausea pretty quickly. But I have been known to ride a roller coaster now and then, and even enjoy it. There is something fun
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Genesis 37 As a pastor, I love being invited to officiate at weddings and to have the privilege of getting to know a couple better as we prepare for that special day. In the months before their celebration we meet several times to plan the ceremony, but also to explore the story and
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Genesis 25:19-35; 27; 32:1-15; 33:1-17 Did your parents have a vision for your life? Maybe their hope was that you would take over the family farm, construction company, restaurant, or retail business. Maybe their dream was that you go to college or university, and surpass their own accomplishments, hoping that higher education would
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Genesis 17:1-8; 15-19; 18:1-15; 21:1-7 When my first child was born a friend sent me this excerpt from a William Wordsworth poem to mark the occasion: Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting;The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star,Hath had elsewhere its settingAnd cometh from afar;Not in entire forgetfulness,And
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