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Reading: 1 Samuel 12:1-14:52
Focus: 1 Samuel 12:1-15
We constantly say, “learn from the past…learn from the mistakes of history…” Yet, how often do we repeat the mistakes of the past? Most of the time, we don’t realise it till it’s too late. Over and over, we make the same mistakes that our parents made, that our grandparents made, [...]
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Reading: 1 Samuel 8:1-11:15
Focus: 1 Samuel 8:6-9
As people, as physical beings, we desire tangible objects to associate and interpret our world. The basis of science is the observable world, not the invisible and intangible—that which is intangible remains under the category of “theory”. Even in the search to understand the invisible and intangible, it is through the [...]
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Reading: 1 Samuel 3:19-7:17
Focus: 1 Samuel 5:1-5
It is somewhat difficult to apprehend how people see the truth before their very eyes and still refuse to accept the truth before them. We live in a world that is slowly decaying and being destroyed by our way of life, yet there are still people who refuse to believe that [...]
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Reading: 1 Samuel 1:1-3:18
Focus: 1 Samuel 1:9-11, 21-28
The name Samuel means “heard of God” and it is apt given that the birth of Samuel was an answer to his mother’s prayer. His mother, Hannah, was barren but continued to pray that God would bless her with a son, a son which she would then offer back to the [...]
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Reading: 1 Chronicles 6:48-8:40
Focus: 1 Chronicles 8:6, 1-40
Continuing the series of genealogies of Chronicles, we come to the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin. If you’ve noticed, most of the tribes only get a summary of their genealogy, where there is special mention given to the line of David in relation to the kings of Judah, the line [...]
