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Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you. Genesis 13:17 With a pastor for a father, Bible stories were an ever-present staple in my upbringing. Many times, over the years, I’ve thought how easy people like Abraham had it. I mean, God actually spoke out…
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Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom. Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD. Genesis 13:12-13 Once, during college, I was working my summer job when I found myself driving the company van…
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Then Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me . . . Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.”…
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And the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels. Genesis 12:15-16 When I was a kid, there was an anti-drug commercial on TV that simply showed an egg, sizzling in a frying…
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When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me, but they will let you live. Say you are my sister . . .”…
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Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. Genesis 12:7 While sitting in treatment for my opioid addiction, I had a lot of time to think about my situation, which wasn’t good. My…
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And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. Genesis 12:4-6 Several years ago, my kids decided they wanted a dog. I wasn’t a dog-lover,…
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Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country” . . . So Abram went, as the LORD had told him . . . Genesis 12:1-4 In today’s passage we’re introduced to Abram – or Abraham – the common Hebrew patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Islam, Abraham is known as Ibrahim, which…
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Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves . . .” Genesis 11:4 When I was 35 years old, I grasped at my one last chance to play football, signing up for a local amateur team.…
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When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.” Genesis 9:24-25 In the very public consequences of my addiction, I found that most people were quite gracious, at least to my face. Once…
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