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In our quest to cover Matthew in 6 months… we pop over some spots. Sadly this week we pop over the Lord’s Prayer, and head straight to Matt. 6:19-34. Thankfully it’s a great spot to pick up our study in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7). After all, the Sermon on the Mount is…
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This week we pop into Chapter 5 (which is a familiar favorite for many, and misunderstood and misquoted too!). But sadly we don’t have time to read and study ALL of chapter 5. The good news is, there are probably more commentaries, books, and sermons than I can easily count written on “The Sermon on…
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One year ago I showed up to school, honestly pretty excited because it was the last week before Christmas Break. Finals were upon us (which is very chill as a teacher who is just proctoring). I even dressed up as Buddy the Elf (a little against my will) for the last day at Pawprint (our…
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I actually really tried hard this week to strive for brevity, which apparently is NOT my gift in Sunday School Prep… so we’ll see how I do! Intro Popping right out of our passage last week, immediately following Jesus’ temptation, is where we find ourselves. Jesus learns that John the Baptist had been taken into…
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Consider where we have been in the last year or so. We studied Exodus, into Leviticus. Where God freed His people from bondage, and helped them understand what it meant to live in His Kingdom, as a holy and set apart people. Then we went to 1/2 Peter, where so poetically and directly, we see…
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I can’t begin to tell you how much I have loved Deuteronomy this last quarter. I’ve read it at least a dozen times before, but slowing down, and seeing how the nuance and details fit into the larger narrative of Scripture is amazing, and a gift to us. We’re in Deut. 30 this week, nearing…
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FIRST THING FIRST — go read Deuteronomy 28 –> Deut. 28 Well this week we quick pop all the way to Deuteronomy 28, which of course, is an important chapter of Scripture (as all the inspired Word is indeed). We get to see a big contrast, between the promise of blessing, and the loathsome consequence…
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Deuteronomy 12 starts with familiar reminders for certain. In so many ways, it is predictable what we will find. We of course find encouragement to live in the land, remove the evil and idols of the Canaanites, and remain faithful to Yahweh. Nevertheless, it’s important to rehash — but there are some new instructions. One…
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Read it first –> Deuteronomy 6 NASB Let me just start with saying this, for at least 20 years, this has been one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. I read it in the midst of a Bible read-through, and it captured me. It’s held on to my heart and imagination for a long…
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Side-note before we begin — I don’t know if this would ever be of interest to you, dear reader — but we record all these Sunday School Lessons, and this link below takes you to the recording of this morning’s lesson. I haven’t listened, I have no idea of the quality — but here it…
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