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Some Important Things to Know

About the Old Testament (OT) Many people get caught up when trying to read through the Old Testament. While some of us just go plain batty while reading books like Leviticus (a book of instructions) or Numbers (the results of a census with some narrative). Others get completely screwed up because they lack some background [...]

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The Levite and the Concubine

Judges 19 may be the most peculiar chapter in the Bible. As usual, I would like to offer a quick summary. The story involves a “certain Levite” and his concubine. Big surprise, the concubine was unfaithful to the Levite and returned to her home in Bethlehem. The Levite goes to retrieve her from her fathers [...]

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The Gospel of Esther

The most secular book in the Bible. I never really understood the book of Esther. To tell you the truth, like many others, I never desire to go to the Bible and start reading Esther. I have known it has been coming up in my reading plan, and I have not been looking forward to [...]

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Praying is Important, Just ask Joshua

In Joshua 7, Israel suffers a military defeat. You may be familiar with the story. Soon after the Israelite enter the Promised land they go on a military campaign. They taste early success at Jericho (chapter 6) and proceed to take on a smaller city called Ai. The first mistake Joshua sends out some spies [...]

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