Wanted: A Wife"
Genesis 24:1-9
Abraham wanted Issac to stay in Canaan, but he didn't want him to marry one of the local girls. This contrasts to the way Hagar selected a wife for Ishmael in Genesis 21:21. To have Issac stay and marry a woman from ...
Posted Monday, September 24th 2007 at 8:27AM
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"Water From God"
Genesis 21:17-19
God tested Abraham, not to trip him and watch him fall, but to deepen his capacity to obey God and thus to develop his character. Just as fire refines ore to extract precious metals, God refines us through diff ...
Posted Friday, September 21st 2007 at 6:22AM
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Special Vitamin Dedicated to the Jena Six
Today marks a historic day for the civil rights movement. Many brothers and sisters have boarded buses or will be attending local rallies to support the Jena Six. It is hard to think that blatant racism s ...
Posted Thursday, September 20th 2007 at 12:43PM
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"Abraham's Offspring"
Genesis 21:9-13
Who could believe that Abraham would have a son at 100 years of age-and live to raise him to adulthood? But doing the impossible is everyday business for God. Our big problems won't seem so impossible if w ...
Posted Wednesday, September 19th 2007 at 6:00AM
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God Protects Hagar"
Genesis 16:7-16
We have watched three people make serious mistakes: (1) Sarai, who took matters into her own hands and gave her servant to Abram; (2) Abram, who went along with the plan but, when circumstances began to go wr ...
Posted Tuesday, September 18th 2007 at 10:41AM
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