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Cover to Cover Reading: 1 Chronicles 26:20-29:30 Focus: 1 Chronicles 29:6-18 There is this dynamic between friends that you’ll go out for coffee and one friend will pay for coffee one time, then the next time the other friend will pay. It goes back and forth and you lose track of who has paid for who…and in the end, [...]
Cover to Cover Reading: 2 Samuel 23:1-24:45 Focus: 2 Samuel 24:18-25 Have you ever received something for free, without any cost, or been given a gift which you thought to give to someone else? For whatever reason, regardless, if people knew that you “re-gifted” something, just how would they feel? How would you feel? You’d feel cheated and worthless. [...]
Cover to Cover Reading: Numbers 16:36-19:22 Focus: Numbers 18:21-32 In some corporate businesses, employees are encouraged to buy shares in the company. To encourage the practice, employees are given shares each year in the company as part of their wages. By doing so, the company seeks to encourage its employees to invest further by buying more shares [...]
Cover to Cover Reading: Numbers 1:1-3:51 Focus: Numbers 3:11-13, 40-51 The first things are generally more valuable. The most treasured items are those that were first produced, even if they weren’t the best (maybe except in terms of technology). The older an antique, the greater its value. The first car off the Porsche production line only increases its [...]
Cover to Cover Reading: Leviticus 20:1-22:33 Focus: Leviticus 22:17-33 I used to have a violin teacher in high school, a Russian violin teacher, who was never satisfied with my progress (catalysed by my lack of practice and apathetic attitude towards her). Without fail each week she would have an episode, “No, no, no. Not like that! (*insert [...]
