Category Archives: discipleship

preparing ourselves for his presence

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Exodus 24:12-18 12 The LORD told Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” 13 … Continue reading →

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covenant constitution (part two)

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Exodus 20:12-21 12 “Value your father and your mother, so that your lives may be extended in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 13 “Do not murder. 14 “Do not commit adultery. 15 “Do not steal. … Continue reading →

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covenant constitution (part one)

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Exodus 20:1-11 1 Then God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, taking you out of the house of slavery. 3 “No other gods before me are … Continue reading →

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getting the point

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Exodus 8:16-19 (Hebrew: 8:12-15) 16 Then the LORD told Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Extend your staff and strike the dust of the land, so that it may become gnats in all the land of Egypt.’” 17 And they did so. … Continue reading →

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every good gift

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Exodus 6:28-7:7 28 And it was on the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 the LORD spoke to Moses, saying “I am the LORD; tell to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I … Continue reading →

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resistance to the miracle

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Exodus 5:1-23 5:1 After that, Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “This is what the LORD – the God of Israel – says, ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a feast to me in the … Continue reading →

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the Gershom years

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Exodus 2:11-22. 11 Then after Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their oppression, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brothers.   12 He looked this way and that, and seeing … Continue reading →

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full circle

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Matthew 28:16-20 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And after seeing him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority … Continue reading →

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what Jesus knows

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Matthew 26:69-75 69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 70 But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not … Continue reading →

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what others think

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Matthew 26:57-68 57 Then those who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled. 58 And Peter was following him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the … Continue reading →

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