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Genesis 37:1-38:30 Matthew 12:22-45 Psalm 16:1-11 Proverbs 3:27-32 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/LgP3Xp CityLight Pastor Commentary: In Genesis 38, Judah finds out his widowed daughter-in-law played the harlot, and he was quick to judge her. “Bring her out and let her be burned!” (Gen 38:24) was his immediate reaction. Yet the Lord cautions […]
Genesis 35:1-36:43 Matthew 12:1-21 Psalm 15:1-5 Proverbs 3:21-26 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1kFAP2H CityLight Pastor Commentary: The first few verses of Psalm 15 should be enough to make us all realize just how impossible it is to earn righteousness. The Psalmist lists a series of actions that are off limits if we want […]
Day 16: Don’t Expect the Worst Genesis 32:13-34:31 Matthew 11:7-30 Psalm 14:1-7 Proverbs 3:19-20 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1eMaaKt Pastor Commentary: Pop quiz: your cell phone rings, and it’s someone you haven’t heard from in years. Do you expect good news, or bad news? Is your tendency to assume the best, or the […]
Genesis 31:17-32:12 Matthew 10:24-11:6 Psalm 13:1-6 Proverbs 3:16-18 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1aR60ht Pastor Commentary: Matthew 11:2-3: “And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said to Him, ‘Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?’” If we’re […]
Genesis 30:1-31:16 Matthew 10:1-23 Psalm 12:1-8 Proverbs 3:13-15 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/KTWh48 Pastor Commentary: Matt 10:19: “But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; for it is not you who […]
Genesis 28:1-29:35 Matthew 9:18-38 Psalm 11:1-7 Proverbs 3:11-12 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1ekqsf8 Pastor Commentary: “Fool me once…shame on you. Fool me twice…shame on me.” So the old idiom goes. Laban is one tricky character. Recall in Gen 24:55 that he just tried to convince Abraham’s servant to let Rebekah stay with them […]
Forest and the Trees We are now about halfway through Genesis as we read through the Bible together. This is a good time to step back from the individual stories in order to gain a better picture of the larger story. 1) The Bible contains a unified message. Each night at bedtime I read my […]
Genesis 26:17-27:46 Matthew 9:1-17 Psalm 10:16-18 Proverbs 3:9-10 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1cUy977 Pastor Commentary: Jesus does the visible so that we know He is capable of the invisible. God moves in the natural realm so that we know beyond the shadow of a doubt that He moves supernaturally. In Matt 9:4, Jesus […]
Genesis 24:52-26:16 Matthew 8:18-34 Psalm 10:1-15 Proverbs 3:7-8 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1dCfm1s Pastor Commentary: The Lord does not always operate on your schedule. In fact, that very statement should expose the silliness of expecting the God of the Universe to ever conform to your timing. Gen 25:21 says that “Isaac pleaded with […]
Genesis 23:1-24:51 Matthew 8:1-17 Psalm 9:13-20 Proverbs 3:1-6 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1hB714Z Pastor Commentary: “And the man, wondering at her, remained silent so as to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not” (Gen 24:21). You’ve probably heard the old maxim, “Silence is deadly.” That may have some […]
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