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Failure in the Midst of Success
Read Judges 9:22-57 22 Abimelech ruled over Israel three years. 23 And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, 24 that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the…
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Idolatry and Whoring After gods
Judges 2:16-23 16 Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them. 17 Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they whored after other gods and bowed down to them. They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they…
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The Day God Gave us What We Want and We Regret It
Romans 1:22-25 (ESV) 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. 24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth…
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The Fool’s Exchange
Romans 1:20-23 English Standard Version (ESV) 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,[a] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to…
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The Weight of Spiritual Leadership
I’ve been reading the book of Exodus lately and came upon the story of the Golden Calf in Exodus 32. It was during this time that Moses went up the mountain to meet the Lord who was about to give him the Ten Commandments. Moses left Aaron in charge of the people while Moses met…