Entries by Josh Rice

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Late Returns

February 5, 2023 Genesis 23:1-20 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites, “I am […]

February 5, 2023 by
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How to Succeed at Tenant Farming

January 29, 2023 Matthew 21:33-46 Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to […]

January 29, 2023 by
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A Love Beyond Capacity

January 22, 2023 Ezekiel 47:1-12 Then he brought me back to the door of the temple, and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar. Then he brought […]

January 22, 2023 by
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Shuttering the Shop

January 15, 2023 Hebrews 11:13-16 These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been […]

January 15, 2023 by
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Smiling Through the Storm

January 8, 2023 Psalm 43:1-5 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me! For you are the God in whom I take refuge;why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Send out your […]

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