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December 17
Day 278: Our Present Arms Race There are places in Genesis when it all seems pretty ridiculous. Chapters 29-30 fit that. In this case, it's all within one family. Jacob finds himself married to two women. Sisters. (What could possibly go wrong?) He had wanted the younger, but had to also take the older as […]
December 16
Day 277: Harder Than They Need to Be Sometimes, the usual things seem harder than they need to be. This year, in particular, has proven the point. Like most other church pastors, I too am now focusing on this coming weekend. And not a whole lot else. When a Sunday before Christmas comes more than […]
December 15
Day 276: Backfilling Your Well A curious story appears in Genesis 26, involving the digging and then refilling desert wells. Abraham the father had dug (well, his people dug) wells. Later on, the men of Gerar filled all of those same wells up with dirt. This wasn't an issue over water rights.; Well, kind of. […]
December 14
Day 275: Strength to Strength "From strength to strength" is an old English way of saying, "keeps on getting stronger." It may apply to an athlete, or a business tycoon, or an ever-advancing politician. But it's not something we hear often. More likely, and impacting our own world view, we're more inclined to hear "From […]