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Going Down to Egypt

Posted in Religion, tagged , , , , , , , on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD. Isaiah 31:1.
At the time to which these verses in [...]

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A Good Report

Posted in Religion, tagged , , , , on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land. They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. They gave Moses this account: “We [...]

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God’s Correction

Posted in Religion, tagged , , , , , , , on April 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. Job 5.17-18.
It is a fact that God disciplines his children. I might (misguidedly) wish it were otherwise, but it is not. The writer of [...]

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