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He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it. Exodus 32:20 Back before fentanyl was a common street drug, there were still overdose deaths from it – from fentanyl patches. Fentanyl patches…
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And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. Exodus 32:19 Several years ago, my kids and I set out for an Arizona hike, when my…
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“Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people” . . . And the LORD relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.  Exodus 32:12-14 When I was a kid, I remember seeing a hitchhiker for the first time, holding his thumb up, hoping for a…
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And the LORD said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you.” Exodus 32:9-10 With my last relapse, 10 years…
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When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” Exodus 32:5 When I was in high school, we had a debate team on which my older sister enjoyed tremendous success. I wanted to follow in her footsteps, so I…
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And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. Exodus 32:4 In medicine, this phrase – First do no harm – is an ethical principle of the Hippocratic Oath, which physicians have historically repeated upon graduating from medical school. It may seem a simple…
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The people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” Exodus 32:1 Our family dog, like most dogs I suppose,…
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Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death. Exodus 31:15 You may find it odd, but even in my addictive behavior, I had rules governing my drug use. For instance,…
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I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, in cutting stones for setting, and in…
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I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God. Exodus 29:45-46 Pot is the only thing that helps my…
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