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God Called: Vayikra

God Called: Vayikra
The Lord called Moses and spoke to him … Leviticus 1:1 The Hebrew Vayikra is translated as called. It is a personal summons or calling out and its use suggests a loving or affectionate tone. This is the word that God uses during creation as He brings forth order from chaos. Vayikra. And it was so. In…
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Filling in the White Spaces

Filling in the White Spaces
The Bible doesn’t tell us every detail that we would like and we are often tempted to fill in the blanks. What we choose to write in those “white spaces” can tilt what we think about what God is saying. Usually this added information is merely extra-biblical – it isn’t found in the Bible but…
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Seeing More

Seeing More
How we describe someone may reveal what our heart sees or it may just indicate a laziness on our part to look further. We often portray or label people for that standout moment of hardship or even shame they have experienced. While those things may be true, it does not encompass who they are –…
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The Days are Coming

The Days are Coming
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,    “when the plowman shall overtake the reaper    and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;the mountains shall drip sweet wine,    and all the hills shall flow with it.  Amos 9:13 ESV This imagery of abundant blessings shows a reaper actually overtaking the sower, bringing in fruit quicker than it…
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