December 2017

EXODUS 13: HOW BIG IS YOUR HAND?

One of the strong biblical repeated images of God’s provision and power in Israel’s life is that “the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.” Do you have strong arms? Strong enough for everything you need? Learn more about the God who brings us out of our troubles with a mighty hand much bigger than ours!

December 18, 2017
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PSALM 11: DO YOU TAKE REFUGE IN THE LORD OR NOT?

What are those coping methods that you fall back on that are not leading you to depend on God as your refuge? Psalm 11 calls the worshippers of YHWH not to “flee as a bird to your mountain” (coping methods without God) but to take refuge in God.

December 13, 2017
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EXODUS 12: PASSOVER

In today’s Journey Bible Project blog we learn that the Passover is one of the most important stories in the Bible, and it remains an important practice in Israel today and the basis in Christian practice for the Table of the Lord and a key theological centerpiece of our faith.

December 12, 2017
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EXODUS 10: WHY DO GRANDPARENTS TELL STORIES?

Walter Brueggemann gives three reasons why the grandparents tell stories, and today’s Journey Bible Project relates this to Exodus 10 and the reason God brought the plagues in Egypt.

December 7, 2017
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December 6, 2017
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December 6, 2017
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PSALM 10: GOD, WILL YOU PUNISH THAT BULLY!?

The Journey Bible Project shows once again how important, relevant, and helpful God’s words and human interactions through time really are. Psalm 10 can address bullying, and we encourage you to read this psalm if you are experiencing bullying and call on God to punish and bring a bully to justice.

December 5, 2017
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EXODUS 8: LORD OF THE FROGS

Today’s Journey Bible Project blog asks the question, How can a magician make a frog but not a gnat and why does it matter? In the story of the plagues, according to Bible scholar Walter Bruggemann, it’s an important difference.

December 5, 2017
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