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When I conclude a sermon series, I usually share resources I utilized in my study and preparation for sermons. Here is the bibliography for our recent series, "Fractured." Bibliography for “Fractured (Genesis, part 2)” T. Desmond Alexander and David W. Baker, editors. Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. Downers Grove, IL: …
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Maybe we have not thought much about Satan, either in glib self-regard, or in rejection of such silly speculation, or in a way more urbane and benign than to imagine such a character. Except that as we begin our strenuous Lenten trek, we are aware that the power of resistance is at work in our …
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Stretching out Thy divine hands upon the Cross,Thou hast joined togetherthat which before was divided,and by Thy mediationThou hast offered as a gift to the Fatherthe nature of mortal man,that was under condemnation.Therefore we sing the praisesof Thy sinless Crucifixion. By St. Joseph the Studite, Bishop and Hymnographer.
For forty days the rain fell on the earth as Noah and his family watched aboard the ark. Slowly, the sin-cursed world was covered with water until nothing else was visible. For 150 days after this, the ark surged over the waters of the earth. Dull views, the weary rocking back and forth on waves, …
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God in heaven, You have helped my life to grow like a tree. Now something has happened. Satan, like a bird, has carried in one twig of his own choosing after another. Before I knew it he had built a dwelling place and was living in it. Tonight, my Father, I am throwing out both …
Matthew Erickson 