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Genesis 26: History Repeats
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Genesis 8: Earth 2.0
In the eighth chapter of Genesis, it says that God remembered Noah and his family and the rain stopped. A wind blew and the waters subsided. In the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark settled in the mountains of Ararat. That is modernly Turkey’s northeastern border with Iran* and Armenia. After waiting 40…
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Evil-ish
In fiction, the villain is often self-aware, and when cornered, will be quite forthcoming in their diabolical plot as they laugh at the suffering of others. In real life, more often than not, no one sees themselves as the bad guy either before, during or even after they get caught. On the small scale you start…
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Do Justice
When you hear a statistic like one in three women and girls has been sexually assaulted, it may seem impossibly high, but includes real people, the women and girls you interact with in a daily basis. Throughout my lifetime of getting to know others, I can personally attest to the veracity of number. Obviously I…
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2 Corinthians 6: Soft Skills
Paul is continuing in Chapter 6 his appeal to the Corinthians on behalf God to take the gift of Christ seriously. He quotes Isaiah about God’s faithfulness to hear and respond to his people’s call to him. He calls it the Day of Salvation. Paul lists all the obstacles that they have overcome with weapons…
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2 Corinthians 4: Jars of Clay
Paul begins his fourth chapter reassuring the believers of his dedication to the truth and renouncing deceitful or underhanded ways. I wonder with whom he is comparing himself. Were there other leaders at the time spewing half-truths and lies? We certainly have those now, so what follows should be relatable. He says he refuses to…
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Funny Bunny
You’d have to be living under a rock if you weren’t aware of the controversy surrounding the halftime show, sung in Spanish. For some people hearing music in another language so unusual, but for many people it is normal. The singer/rapper was the top downloaded artist of the streaming services this year. Apparently some folks…
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1776
One of the fiercest battle cries leading up to war of independence from Britain in the American colonies was “no taxation without representation.” America won the war and we will celebrate our Nation’s 250th birthday year. Yet, when our forefathers wrote up the new voting guidelines, they initially only included the English-speaking, white, land-owning Protestant…
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Does Size Matter?
With all this talk of Trump taking Greenland, people have commented on how the size of Greenland on the globe looks different than the flat map representation. It’s only a fifth of the size of the US instead of this massive thing. I pulled out our handy-dandy globe we purchased while homeschooling during Covid-19 and…
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1 Corinthians 1: God First
This letter was written by Paul with the endorsement of Sothenes, (In Acts 18, he was the ruler of the synagogue in Corinth whose beating was ignored by the leader Gallio). It’s the same effect of telling the kids, “Your Dad and I have something important to tell you.” Their greeting is to the Church…