Category Archives: prejudice

Rahab’s living faith

20240130 Rahab’s living faith James 2:24-26 (JDV) James 2:24 You see that a person is proved to be right by results and not by faith alone.James 2:25 In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also proved to be right … Continue reading

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a higher standard

20240127 a higher standard James 2:8-11 (JDV) James 2:8 Indeed, if you fulfill the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Care about your neighbor like yourself, you are doing well.James 2:9 If, however, you show prejudice, you commit sin and … Continue reading

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the bad Samaritans

OUR LOVE NEEDS TO BE AS BLIND AS HIS Luke 9:51-56 Luk 9:51 Then when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set out resolutely to go to Jerusalem. Luk 9:52 He sent messengers on ahead … Continue reading

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curtains and a covering

Exodus 36:14-19 14 He also made curtains of she-goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains. 15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains … Continue reading

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the first Kristallnacht

Esther 3 Haman was busy planning the first Kristallnacht, and there seemed to be no stopping him.  His jealousy and hatred of Mordecai had warped his conscience, and he thought it only rational to get even with his enemy, Mordecai, … Continue reading

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Exodus: contest

Exodus 7:14-8:19     Pharaoh’s first resort when challenged to free the Israelites was to go home and ignore Moses and Aaron. When that didn’t work, he treated the plagues as a contest. He sent his magicians to imitate the plagues. Sometimes … Continue reading

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Jesus: the Galilean Prophet

John 7.    Jesus grew up in Nazareth in the region of Galilee.  He had made his headquarters in Galilee for most of his public ministry.  As the time came closer to the public revelation of his Messiahship, he decides to … Continue reading

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