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Laughing Trap Wordplay
Came across an interesting translation yesterday in my M’Cheyne which led me down a rabbit hole looking into “wife-sister narratives” in Genesis. Not gonna get into that here; just wanted to look at Genesis 26:8 which renders in the NRSVUE as 8 When Isaac had been there a long time, King Abimelech of the Philistines looked…
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Endurance with love
I was reading through the latter chapters of the Gospel of Matthew today as part of the M’Cheyne plan. Oftentimes I breeze through these sections because the passages are so familiar, but today something caught my interest. In Matthew 24, Jesus is responding to his disciples’ question and concern: “What will the sign be of…
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Sharing the gospel.
I was recently engaged in what many would consider an “evangelistic” conversation” — one where I was speaking with another about the faith, life, belonging, and our common human condition. Our meet came about by chance. She describes herself as an “agnostic,” but is curious about life and what gives life meaning. I’m reflecting here…
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Faith foundations
Earlier this week I was reading the Sermon on the Mount as part of the M’Cheyne plan. There’s a passage in the Sermon on the Mount that has always haunted me, and it again gave me pause. In Matthew 7:21-21, it says: 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of…
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Held in high esteem
I was reading through Acts 5 today (M’Cheyne) and honed in on the latter half of the chapter where the apostles were going around doing “many signs and wonders,” thrown in jail by the religious leaders, freed by a messenger, and teaching again in the temple. Throughout this narrative, I noted that the people “held…
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Word Study: Naked H6174 and H5903
New year means a restart of a bible reading plan. I’ve never written in a public space any reflections/discoveries/curiosities that come from my reading plans but maybe I’ll share more this year. Naked and nakedness Today in M’Cheyne I was reading Genesis 2 and 3 (chapter 3 is tomorrow but I figured I just read…