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Rabbit Trail #5 – A Prodigal People

Posted on November 2, 2014 by wamplerp

Yesterday marked my 130th post to the Walking on Water Blog.  I thought this would be a good time for a Rabbit Trail.  To be honest I feel like I need a break from the book of Judges.  I did … Continue reading →

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Blurred Blessings

Posted on November 1, 2014 by wamplerp

The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi. The people of Judah asked, “Why have you come to fight us?” “We have come to take Samson prisoner,” they answered, “to do to him as he did … Continue reading →

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Lappers and Leaners

Posted on October 29, 2014 by wamplerp

Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh. The Lord said to Gideon, “You … Continue reading →

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Decision from the Dew

Posted on October 28, 2014 by wamplerp

Now all the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples joined forces and crossed over the Jordan and camped in the Valley of Jezreel. Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites … 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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Eddying Out – Islands…

Posted on October 16, 2014 by wamplerp

I have not taken a breather to “eddy out” for a while.  I just travelled across the country with a dozen undergraduate geology students…in planes, cars, through two border crossings and three time zones.  I am lucky I can still … Continue reading →

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Rain on Tender Plants

Posted on October 5, 2014 by wamplerp

Listen, you heavens, and I will speak; hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.  Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew,  like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. – Deuteronomy 32:1-2 This passage … Continue reading →

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Crossing Over!

Posted on October 4, 2014 by wamplerp

Then Moses went out and spoke these words to all Israel: “I am now a hundred and twenty years old and I am no longer able to lead you. The Lord has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the … Continue reading →

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Guess who Moved

Posted on October 1, 2014 by wamplerp

However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:   You will be cursed in … Continue reading →

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Leading While Following

Posted on September 30, 2014 by wamplerp

The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. The … Continue reading →

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