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Category Archives: hope
our eyes are on you
2 Chronicles 20 Judah is once again being threatened, and this time Jehoshaphat calls on the nation to fast and he leads them in prayer to the LORD. The odds are so much against them that their only hope is … Continue reading
down time
Psalm 38 These are the words of a man who is in physical and mental anguish because of his sins, who feels all alone in the world. His only hope is the one he has offended most. Yet, he pleads … Continue reading
He will remember
Psalm 22 It is difficult to extract this psalm from the Christian tradition that surrounds it since many of its words were fulfilled by Christ on the cross. But it is important to see the psalm in its original context. … Continue reading
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significance
1 Chronicles 7 By the time the chronicler records this genealogy, it is all history – gone. The northern kingdom is no more, and all of these mighty warriors listed are dead. That is the way things are now. Nothing … Continue reading
refusing to forget
1 Chronicles 2 Looking back on this family record, the remnants of Judah are seeking some kind of word from God that explains who they are and where they are going. Their story is one of brokenness and failure. They … Continue reading
Jesus standing on the dust
Job 19 Moses, describing the creation of Adam, says that God formed him or “of dust from the ground.” (Gen. 2:7). The good news of the resurrection is described by Job using the same term that details what we are … Continue reading
hidden… and remembered
Job 14 Job laments that human beings are not like trees. A tree may be cut down, but given the right conditions, it may sprout back again from the apparently dead stump. But, Job complains, human beings are not like … Continue reading
trapped
Job 3 Job had only one thing left. He had his life, and he cursed the day of his birth. Life had been precious to him, and now he saw it as a prison. Seeing how much people suffer, … Continue reading
lost hope
2 Kings 12 It was a time of decline in Judah. Tribute was flowing from Judah to Syria, not the other way around. Even the temple repairs were being neglected. The priests probably felt it would be a waste of … Continue reading
disturbing an old man’s sleep
1 Samuel 28 The Bible consistently describes the intermediate state between death and resurrection as an unconscious sleep, from which good and evil must be awakened before beginning to experience their eternal destiny. This story seems to contradict that theology, … Continue reading
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