Bizarre Bible Stories
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Loved Before the Stars
Why did God choose you? Why does God love you? Why do you choose to love those close to you? I’m officiating a wedding next week and it’s my first chance to speak publicly in a few months. I’d like to share what is one of the biggest deals to me in all of scripture.…
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Caught
Our verse for the week is a tough truth. Numbers 32:23 (NIV) 23 “You may be sure that your sin will find you out. Try to hide it in the dark, and you will eventually pay for it. Repenting, owning it by putting it in the light of God’s mercy is our only hope. The second…
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The Donkey Was Wiser
Ever been dead wrong and the last one to know it? Meet Balaam. I thought I’d start pulling my “verse for the week” from my Bizarre Bible Stories. The first story in book one is called “Talking Animals,” from Numbers chapter 22. Balaam is riding along, about to do something monumentally foolish, when the angel…
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Refuge
Deuteronomy 4:41 (NLT) 41 Then Moses set apart three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River. From 1998 to 2005 I pastored Elim Chapel in Winnipeg Canada. Elim means “an oasis,” or “a place of refuge.” A refuge is “a safe haven, sanctuary… a place of safety or protection.” When the Israelites entered the Promised…
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Bizarre Love
I’m working my way through Deuteronomy, the farewell address by Moses. I stumbled onto an old truth about God that I’ve known, but somehow it hit me fresh, and even a little bizarre. In chapter four he warns the people that if they break faith with God, they will “arouse His anger” v.25. They’ll disappear…
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Moses and the Promise: Lessons from a Bizarre Bible Story
The Bible is full of bizarre stories; this may be a new one for you. When the Israelites left Egypt, Moses was 80. By the time they were about to enter the Promised Land, he was 120. He had led these people through arguing with Pharaoh, the red sea, grumbling Israelites, the ten commandments, and…
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