Remnants of Sin
“But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah could not drive out, so the Jebusites dwell with the people of...
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the official blog of M.C. Kennedy
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Mar 27, 20232 min read
Caleb's Faith
“And Caleb [...] said to him, ‘[…] I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the...
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Mar 20, 20232 min read
Great and Terrifying Wilderness
“‘Take care lest you forget the LORD your God […] who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and...
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Mar 13, 20232 min read
The God Who Goes Before
“‘Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the LORD your God, who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your...
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Mar 6, 20232 min read
A Mighty Hand
“And the LORD said to Moses, ‘Is the LORD’s hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not’” (Numbers...
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Feb 27, 20232 min read
Sabbath
“‘When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the LORD. […] You shall now sow your field or prune your...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
Waiting and Learning
“Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out. But if the...
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Feb 13, 20232 min read
God's Friend
“When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the LORD would speak with...
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Feb 6, 20232 min read
Great and Glorious
“And on that very day the LORD brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts” (Exodus 12:51). When God sent Moses...
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Jan 30, 20232 min read
Just and Right
“‘Must he then make repayment to suit you, because you reject it?’” (Job 34:33). One of the main themes in the book of Job is that of...
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Jan 23, 20232 min read
Far From Perfect
“So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac” (Genesis...
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Jan 16, 20232 min read
God’s Perfect Timing
“Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. […] Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the...
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Jan 9, 20232 min read
Faith in the Impossible
“Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. And Sarah said, ‘God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears...
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Jan 2, 20232 min read
Magnify
“And Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his...
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Dec 26, 20222 min read
Man of Sorrows
“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was...
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Dec 19, 20222 min read
New Covenant
“‘For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them,...
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Dec 12, 20222 min read
Passed Over
“‘The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will...
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Dec 5, 20222 min read
Light
“And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light” (Genesis 1:3). “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not...
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Nov 28, 20222 min read
An Earnest Prayer
“‘For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. O Lord, hear; O Lord,...
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Nov 21, 20222 min read
Respectful Request
“But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief...
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