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What God Wants
I realize the presumption of knowing what God wants is a bit provocative. But maybe this topic ought to provoke deeper consideration of what God SAYS He desires – over what we THINK He wants.

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Standing Fast: Rooted in Righteousness
When the storms of life come, Job says, “Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.”

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Success, Prosperity, and Exegesis (3)
Having now covered the first 4 questions of my process, let’s wrap things up by asking how this applies to us.

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Success, Prosperity, and Exegesis (2)
Having touched on ‘context’ in Part 1, we now turn our attention to the next 3 diagnostic questions in trying to accurately extract meaning out of this passage.

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Success, Prosperity, and Exegesis (1)
(Part 1) It’s easy to claim promises and passages in scripture for ourselves and apply it directly to our circumstances. But is this scriptural?

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Breadcrumb Trail
As I start reading through the Bible again this year, cover to cover, I’m always surprised at the things that I thought I knew, forgot that I knew, or didn’t realize I didn’t know.

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The Woodpecker
This morning, I decided to enjoy my daily time of coffee and reading, out in the backyard. As usual, the rest of the family remained asleep during this early hour of the day, and the coolness outside was invitation enough to leave my desk for now, especially since the hot summer sun would soon be…

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About those plans you had…
I had some plans to be productive, but ended up learning some lessons instead.

