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Worrying at the Red Sea, Part 1 (Exodus 14:1-3)

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Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:“Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in’” (Exod 14:1-3). Are you familiar with
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Ruling Over Sin (Genesis 4:7)

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Have you ever gone camping and awakened to hear an animal creeping outside of your tent, rummaging through your campsite? Maybe you even turned on your flashlight and could see the menacing silhouette creep around you. Were you scared? If you’ve ever experienced that, then you’ll be very familiar with the first mention of sin
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Stealing a Good Idea from a Friend 

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A good friend of mine, Bob Wilkin, wrote a great book called, The Ten Most Misunderstood Words in the Bible. As the title suggests, the book takes ten words that Christians often refer to in an incorrect manner. If you haven’t read it, I would highly recommend that you do! I want to steal the
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Biblical Meditation Is Meditation on the Bible

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What does it mean to meditate? And what does Christian meditation look like? Over the centuries, unbiblical forms of meditation have been borrowed from other religious traditions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism. Worse, many of these meditative practices grew out of, and assumed, a gospel of salvation by works, and so, meditation became yet another
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Sound Teaching Is Sometimes Hard to Accept (Mark 2:18) 

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Sometimes you find enemies in the strangest places. Recently, I was reading Mark 2 and encountered such a situation. In Mark 2:18 the reader is in the middle of five occasions in which Jesus is being opposed by those who disagree with Him. This is the third of those five occasions. Mark tells us who
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