Genesis 15
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Carolyn Anne Venable posted on the forum topic Being "Born Again" in the Old Testament in the group
Bible Discussion: 1 year, 5 months ago · ViewEzekiel 11:19 Also, I think that righteousness has always come in essentially the same way: Abraham “believed YHWH, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Gen 15:6 The OT saints looked forward in time to the promised Messiah and NT saints look back in time to the historical Messiah. It’s faith in YHWH as [...]
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anamaricela wrote a new blog post: Sarai and Hagar 2 years, 5 months ago · View
For quite sometime, God has placed a desire in my heart to read and reflect on the stories of the women He used. It is hard for me to read the Bible but I am continually compelled to do so. Part of the reason that it is hard is because I am easily distracted by [...]
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Philip Harvey wrote a new blog post: Action 3 years, 2 months ago · View
Just a couple of things I was thinking about as I read it. 1) As Exodus was the first book of the Hebrew scripture it is interesting to think that this is perhaps the first event that involved God and all of Israel in action with each other. Passover (and the following consecration of the [...]
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johncatmur wrote a new blog post: the most important thing? 3 years, 3 months ago · View
In recent years I’ve been learning the importance of faith as one of the biggest keys to spiritual life. Today’s passage spoke to me pretty powerfully about a situation I’m facing, and God spoke to me even more powerfully through the Reflection in E100. I think he gave some really good advice about looking back [...]
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natalie wrote a new blog post: Noah’s Ark 3 years, 3 months ago · View
I was reading Genesis 6-8 the other day – the story of Noah’s ark – and I thought, wow, Noah was one faithful man. How much did he have to trust God? A whole lot. He had to trust that God was going to actually send the rain . Think about it, they are in a desert. [...]