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The Other Side of the Prophecy

And the people will be oppressed, each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; the youth will storm against the elder and the inferior against the honorable.  Isaiah 3:5  NASB Oppressed – Contemporary believers often turn to Isaiah 2:4 as a description of peace in Millennial Kingdom.   “And He will judge between the nations, and…
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Unbound

For it had seized him many times; and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and yet he would break his bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.   Luke 8:29  NASB Seized – What if the story of the demoniac isn’t about demon possession?  What if it’s about an ancient…
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The Conversation

And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, . .”  Genesis 3:1a  NASB Indeed – There’s a third chair in the therapist’s office.  It’s occupied by the yetzer ha’ra.  You know, that essential part of you that wants to control your life, to overpower your responsibilities for others and have what you want…
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Enns Times

and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:  Luke 4:17 NIV Scroll – Peter Enns is the sort of radical thinker that Christians need to read.  He’s not Messianic.  He might not even lean toward Judaism.  But his insights into how Christianity understands…
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Snake Charmer

“Is not this the one from which my lord drinks and which he indeed uses for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.”  Genesis 44:5  NASB Divination – The Hebrew word translated as “divination” in this verse is naḥaš.  In the context of Joseph’s trickery, this word is quite important.  Furthermore, it has some unsettling…
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The Great Debt (Rewind)

“For the day of the LORD draws near on all the nations.  As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head.”  Obadiah 15 NASB Done – Obadiah is a tiny book in the Old Testament.  Only 21 verses long, it is the description of a vision…
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