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09/08/2020 – Day 100 – Exodus 5 – 8 – Further to: Shaking off the spiritual toxicity of prosperity gospel.

Through the Christ imitator mentorship of Moses and Jeremiah, I am made all the more aware of my relative insensitivity to the plight of souls in suffering, in this case, …

09/07/2020 – Day 099 – Mark 9 – 10 – The Rich Young Ruler “that Jesus loved”

I would like to thank Tim Keller and his book: “Jesus the King” for my commentary today. I will not have quotes around this commentary as I …

Suggested study questions for blog discussion from Week 2 reading – Jeremiah 7 – 11 – day 097 – September 5th

At the beginning, I asked that we place ourselves in the shoes of Jeremiah. So, you will see compare and contrast Jeremiah’s day with our day to help us …

Jeremiah Study – Suggested Outline Juxtaposed within our schedule for 10 successive Saturdays

The suggested outline is from Ken Baugh in “Be Decisive” – his Jeremiah commentary book:

Readings assignments are highlighted in bold.

Week 2 – September 5 – Day 097 – Chapters 7 …

09/02/2020 – Day 094 – Samuel 1 -4 – David and Jonathan -“loved each other as their own soul”

I look forward to meeting David and Jonathan at the gates. Jonathan was loyal to David to the end but he fought and died with his father Saul …

09/01 /2020 – Day 093 Exodus 1-4 – Commentary – Two short verse sections – the unfathomable and the hard question that can’t be completely answered….

First the unfathomable – 3:14 : And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.”

For this first one, I am going to an authority on scripture – …

9/1/2020 – Day 093 – Exodus 1 -4 An Introduction to the Book –

From my “Halley’s Bible Handbook” by Henry H Halley , originally published in 1927.

“Moses had written Genesis out of previously existing documents. With Exodu begins the story of Moses …

08/31/2020 – Day 092 – Mark 7-8: “Who do men say that I am?”

Nancy and I got a chuckle out of the fact that both of our parents used the first edition – Sept. 1954 of the Barclay Bible Study Series. (Reference …

08/30/2020 – day 090 – Jeremiah 1 – 6 – Q: What ten symbols represented God’s rebellious people?

as mentioned earlier – 3:3 – “you have played the harlot with many lovers” – see 1st commandment. ) 2:13: “broken cisterns” – that can’t hold water / …