Monthly Archives: January 2011

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Jump Start # 268

Jump  Start # 268 Mt 13:45-46 “Again, the kingdom of Heaven  is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.”   The parable of the pearl merchant is a fascinating story. It is tucked in a series of […]

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Jump Start # 267

Jump Start # 267 Mark 3:1-2 “And He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there with a withered hand. And they were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, in order that they might accuse Him.”   The man with the withered hand. He was at the […]

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Jump Start # 265

Jump Start # 265 1 Samuel 15:9 “But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fattlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.”   We return to the same passage […]

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Jump Start # 264

Jump Start # 264 1 Samuel 15:9 “But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fattlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.”   Our journey with Saul continues through […]

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Jump Start # 263

Jump Start # 263 1 Samuel 14:24 “Now the men of Israel were hard pressed on that day, for Saul had put the people under oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food before evening, and until I have avenged myself on my enemies.’ So none of the people tasted food.”   It’s difficult […]