Monthly Archives: November 2024

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Jump Start # 3700

Jump Start # 3700 Nehemiah 6:15 “So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.” This Jump Start hits yet another milestone, number 3700. That is a lot of writing. That is a lot of pages. If we printed these front and back, like a book, it would number 1850 pages. My preaching […]

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Jump Start # 3699

Jump Start # 3699 Matthew 5:4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”   The second of the beatitudes, the Lord is showing the nature and heart of kingdom citizens. Blessed is much too often defined as happy. That’s not the best word here. Our English concept of happiness is built around […]

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Jump Start # 3698

Jump Start # 3698 Daniel 3:12 “There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon, namely Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. These men, O king have disregarded you; they do not serve your gods, or worship the golden image which you have set up.” Like an old movie that […]

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Jump Start # 3697

Jump Start # 3697 1 Corinthians 11:23 “For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread”     Our verse today is about the Lord’s Supper. Paul quotes Jesus. Paul was not in the room when Jesus […]

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Jump Start # 3696

Jump Start # 3696 Daniel 9:23 “At the beginning of your supplications the command was issued, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed; so give heed to the message and gain understanding of the vision.” There are places in both Job and Psalms where the silence of God is bothersome. […]