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READ: 1 Samuel 21-23 BACKGROUND: By Verse – 21:4 – consecrated bread = The Bread of the Presence which is 12 cakes of bread set before God [...]
December 18, 2012
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READ: 1 Samuel 18-20 THINK: The great English thinker and novelist G.K. Chesterton once wrote a book entitled: The Man Who Was Thursday: A [...]
December 4, 2012
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READ: 1 Samuel 15-17 BACKGROUND: By Verse – 15:2 – Why did God command such destruction? The Amalekites were a particularly vicious and [...]
November 27, 2012
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READ: 1 Samuel 13-14 THINK: God saw the Israelite soldiers cowering in fear before the Philistine invaders. He must not have liked what He saw. [...]
November 20, 2012
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READ: Samuel 7 BACKGROUND: By Verse – Samuel 7:1: The ark is the physical object where God chose to manifest his presence. The [...]
November 7, 2012
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READ: 1 Samuel 5 & 6 BACKGROUND: The Philistines came from the island of Crete. Called the Sea People, they arrived in Canaan on boats and [...]
November 4, 2012
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READ: 1 Samuel 3-4 THINK: Read 1 Samuel 3:8-10 again. As you read these verses, imagine yourself in the story, watching the situation from the [...]
October 23, 2012
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READ: 1 Samuel 1-2 BACKGROUND: Samuel was the final judge in the 350-year period of the judges in Israel. 1 Samuel covers a period of just over [...]
October 19, 2012
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READ: Ruth 3-4 BACKGROUND: The setting: Naomi and Ruth are back in Bethlehem and they’re gleaning from the sides of the fields, the leftovers, [...]
October 4, 2012
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READ: Isaiah 51-52:12 BACKGROUND: This is a passage of encouragement for the remnant of faithful Israelites in exile. By Verse: 51:1 – God’s [...]
September 18, 2012