September 8th, 2015
Kevin

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Initiative: When You See Something, Ask God for Help
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Categories: Nehemiah Tags: Artaxerxes, desolation, Ezra, grief, Hanani, initiative, Jerusalem, king, Mordecai, Patience, Persia, prayer, sadness, walls, wisdom
While reading through Ruth I was struck by several things about Ruth’s story and a parallel between her and her best-known great grandson, King David.

Physical Beauty
Firstly, Ruth was not noted for her beauty. That’s not to say she was homely but when Ruth asked Boaz why she’d found favor with him he answered that it was “All that you have done for your mother-in-law ….” Read more... (1335 words, 3 images, estimated 5:20 mins reading time)
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Categories: Bible Study, Humility Tags: 1 Chronicles, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, blessing, Canticles, David, Esther, God, heritage, Jesus, king, legacy, prayer, Ruth, Solomon, Song of Songs
November 24th, 2014
Kevin
A Bible study from me related to why I see God as jealous of His people (both those of Jewish heritage and those children of Abraham through faith).

Then Moses climbed up the mountain, and the cloud covered it. And the glory of the LORD settled down on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from inside the cloud. To the Israelites at the foot of the mountain, the glory of the LORD appeared at the summit like a consuming fire. – Exodus 24:15-17 NLT Read more... (914 words, 1 image, estimated 3:39 mins reading time)
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Categories: Bible Study, Know God, Theology Tags: Abraham, Amorites, bones, Canaanites, commandments, Exodus, Ezekiel, glory, God, grace, Hittites, Hivites, Isaac, Israel, Jebusites, Jesus, law, mercy, Moses, mountain, Palestine, Palestinian, Perizzites, righteous, tablets, transformation
September 29th, 2014
Kevin
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
and give no opportunity to the devil.
Ephesians 4:26 – 27 ESV

Fighting in Anger
Our church is studying what it means to be members of the church. Recent lessons are on unity within the church and building one another up. As I read the passage above I was struck by Paul’s command five verses later:
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Ephesians 4:31 ESV Read more... (1081 words, 3 images, estimated 4:19 mins reading time)
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Categories: Attitude, Bible Study, Christian Community, Following God's Prescriptions, God's Directives Tags: anger, bitterness, blessings, David, focus, God, hatred, Jesus, Paul, peace, Psalms, song, speculation, thoughts, vindication, wrath
September 10th, 2014
Kevin
Written to Jewish Christians, the book of Hebrews contains some deep theology and passages that are personally challenging. One passage that is a beautiful highlighting of history from the Jewish testament that leads into Christian responsibility is chapter 3, verses 7-13. Read more... (611 words, 1 image, estimated 2:27 mins reading time)
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Take Care Against Hardened Hearts – Hebrews 3:7-13
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Categories: Bible Study Tags: burden, care, contrition, God, hardened, hardness, heart, Holy Spirit, Jesus, rebellion, rebellious, repentance, salvation, support