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		<title>1 Thessalonians 3-4</title>
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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
11Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, 12so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
Observation:
These words, in the middle of a letter from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblesoap.wordpress.com&blog=3240619&post=103&subd=biblesoap&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Luke 19-20</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
Luke 19:11-27, but especially this verse (26), from the Message translation:
“Risk your life and get more than you ever dreamed of. Play it safe and end up holding the bag.”
Observation:
The Parable of the Ten Minas is the story Jesus tells in this passage, and I focussed on that in my reading this morning because there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblesoap.wordpress.com&blog=3240619&post=101&subd=biblesoap&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Psalm 91-95</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
Psalm 94:3-9
How long will the wicked, O LORD,
how long will the wicked be jubilant?
They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers are full of boasting.
They crush your people, O LORD;
they oppress your inheritance.
They slay the widow and the alien;
they murder the fatherless.
They say, &#8220;The LORD does not see;
the God of Jacob pays no heed.&#8221;
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		<title>2 Samuel 11-15</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scripture
2 Samuel 14: 27 “Three sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. The daughter&#8217;s name was Tamar, and she became a beautiful woman.”
Observation
OK, so this verse only stands out in importance within the context of the whole passage, 2 Sam 11-15, which starts with David’s adultery with Bathsheba and ends with David and loads [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblesoap.wordpress.com&blog=3240619&post=96&subd=biblesoap&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exodus 1-4</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think the first section of Exodus (Moses&#8217; birth &#38; calling, the battle between God &#38; Pharaoh and the escape from Egypt) might be my favourite section of story-telling / history in the Bible. I love the drama of it! For that reason I&#8217;m going to abandon SOAP today and just free-form.
First of all, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblesoap.wordpress.com&blog=3240619&post=94&subd=biblesoap&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Matthew 25-26</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
Matt 25:20-25
When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. And while they were eating, he said, &#8220;I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me.&#8221;
 They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, &#8220;Surely not I, Lord?&#8221;
 Jesus replied, &#8220;The one who has dipped his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblesoap.wordpress.com&blog=3240619&post=92&subd=biblesoap&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1 Samuel 1-5</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
 1 Samuel 1:19-20
Early the next morning they arose and worshipped before the LORD and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah lay with Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her. So in the course of time Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, &#8220;Because I asked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblesoap.wordpress.com&blog=3240619&post=88&subd=biblesoap&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Acts 19-20</title>
		<link>http://biblesoap.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/acts-19-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Short post today &#8211; mainly for comedy value!
Acts 20:7-9
On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight. There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting. Seated in a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblesoap.wordpress.com&blog=3240619&post=85&subd=biblesoap&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wordle</title>
		<link>http://biblesoap.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/wordle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just thought I&#8217;d see what my blog looks like visually (I just love these images, created at http://www.wordle.net/). Enjoy!

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		<title>Psalms 1-5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scripture:
 
 Psalm 5:4-6
You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; 
       with you the wicked cannot dwell.
  5 The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; 
       you hate all who do wrong.
  6 You destroy those who tell lies; 
       bloodthirsty and deceitful men 
       the LORD abhors.
 
Observation:
 
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