Encouragement for Courageous Women in Christ
No. 24 of Returning Home (Second Return) One identifying characteristic of Bible narrative is the succinctness of the accounts. Looking at the compiled Old and New Testament in my lap, it’s easy to think, There’s nothing succinct about this book! It is a heavy volume,…
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No. 23 of Returning Home (Second Return) Ezra and the people journeying to Jerusalem carry with them the king of Persia’s treasures, earmarked for the temple. Ezra must conduct his people and the king’s riches in the safest and most expedient way. He chooses the…
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No. 22 of Returning Home (Second Return) Ezra accepted his work for God with courage and gratitude, but he did not have an easy time of it. Ezra records the names and number of the returning people of God in this second expedition (read chapter…
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No. 11 of Returning Home “Worship should be done decently and in order!” quotes a Christian lady after a child runs into her legs, almost causing her to fall. And she’s right. God has a pattern of worship He wants us to follow so that…
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No. 7 in Returning Home Genesis 3 gives the first instructions about sacrificing to God with an account of what not to do. Cain, a tiller of the ground, decides to offer something that is not acceptable to God and gets angry when his Creator refuses…
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