Category: Bible Reading
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Wisdom is a Noisy Lady – Proverbs 1
How much noise can you tolerate? Because of my sensitive hearing, I withdraw from situations where the noise level is uncomfortably loud. If I’m behaving foolishly, however, I want wisdom to raise her voice. In the first chapter of Proverbs there’s a list of warnings for those who ignore wise counsel. “Wisdom cries aloud in the street,…
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Jesus and Questionable People – John 4
Who are the people you don’t want to associate with? Those who seem to reject healthy values and show little respect for themselves or for others? Those who are generally negative? Or those who don’t seem interested in learning from their mistakes, but only deteriorate as they go through life? Jesus talked to a woman…
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An Assignment from God – John 3
Things seem to get stirred up around Jesus, the Son of God. In John 3 an incident is recorded where Jesus is once again the subject of a disagreement. (The John in this story is known as “the Baptist” and is not the writer of the book of John.) “…Jesus and his disciples went out…
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Son, the Wine is Gone – John 2
Helpful mom that I am, I think I would have done what Mary did. She knew her son Jesus well enough to hope he would be understanding of their host’s dilemma. A huge wedding party, an important community event in those times, and they ran out of wine. I even think that I would have…
