Category Archives: Christian Community

Choosing Safety over a Sovereign God

Posted on November 14, 2014 by wamplerp

The Philistines gathered all their forces at Aphek, and Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel. As the Philistine rulers marched with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were marching at the rear with Achish. The … Continue reading →

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Water Jugs and Weapons

Posted on November 13, 2014 by wamplerp

So David and Abishai went to the army by night, and there was Saul, lying asleep inside the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying around him.   Abishai said to … Continue reading →

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A Comfortable King

Posted on November 5, 2014 by wamplerp

There was a Benjamite, a man of standing, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bekorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin. Kish had a son named Saul, as handsome a young man … Continue reading →

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Gatekeepers

Posted on October 30, 2014 by wamplerp

The Ephraimite forces were called out, and they crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We’re going to burn down your house over your … Continue reading →

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As for Me and My House…

Posted on October 25, 2014 by wamplerp

Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and I brought you out. When I brought your people out of Egypt, you came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued them with … Continue reading →

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A Witness Between us and You

Posted on October 24, 2014 by wamplerp

No! We did it for fear that some day your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the Lord , the God of Israel? The Lord has made the Jordan a boundary between us and … Continue reading →

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Alternate Altars

Posted on October 23, 2014 by wamplerp

When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan. And when the Israelites heard that they had built the … Continue reading →

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Warriors or Water Carriers

Posted on October 14, 2014 by wamplerp

Three days after they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were neighbors, living near them.  So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim. … Continue reading →

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River Rocks and Remembrance

Posted on October 12, 2014 by wamplerp

When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, “Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from … Continue reading →

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Standing Waves

Posted on October 11, 2014 by wamplerp

And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses.  Tell the priests who carry the ark … Continue reading →

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