Sin

Ryan Corcoran on April 13th, 2010

2 Sam. 14:25-33, 2 Sam. 15, 2 Sam. 16:1-14, Psa. 3 Ryan: It seems like for “godly” men, these guys we’re reading about lately sure do a lot of scheming. I feel like we’ve already mentioned this recently, but if these men spent even half as much time consulting God through prayers, meditations, petitions, etc., [...]

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Continue reading about Day 103: Scheming & plotting

Ryan Corcoran on April 12th, 2010

2 Samuel 12:24-25, 1 Chron. 3:4-9 (2 Sam. 5:13-16, 1 Chron. 14:3-7), 2 Sam. 13, 2 Sam. 14:1-24 Ryan: And herein lies another perfect example of how 99% of all problems could be avoided by improved communication. At every point in the Amnon & Tamar story, there is a situation that could have been made [...]

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Continue reading about Day 102: Amnon & Tamar

Ryan Corcoran on April 10th, 2010

2 Samuel 21:15-22 (1 Chron. 20:4-8), 1 Chron. 18:1 (2 Sam. 8:1), 1 Chron. 19:1-19 (2 Sam. 10:1-19), Psalm 60, 2 Sam. 11:1-27, 2 Sam. 12:1-17, Psalm 51 Ryan: There are people in this world who refuse to go to church or even attempt to draw nearer to God because they feel that “the things [...]

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Continue reading about Day 100! David & Bathsheba

Ryan Corcoran on April 6th, 2010

2 Samuel 2:1-10, 2 Sam. 2:12-32, 2 Sam. 3:1-39 (1 Chron. 3:1-4), 2 Sam. 4:1-3, 2 Sam. 4:5-12, 1 Chron. 11:1-3 (2 Sam. 5:1-3), 2 Sam. 5:4-5 (2 Sam. 2:11, 1 Kings 2:11, 1 Chron. 3:4b, 1 Chron. 29:26-27), 1 Chron. 12:23-40 Ryan: Now, we all know that the Israelites had a way of being [...]

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Continue reading about Day 96: It’s like déjà vu, all over again.

Ryan Corcoran on April 3rd, 2010

1 Samuel 22:6-23, Psalm 52, 1 Sam. 23:1-14, Psa. 63, 1 Sam. 23:15-25, Psa. 54, 1 Sam. 23:26-29, 1 Sam. 24:1-22, Psa. 57 Ryan: Just because someone sounds like he is a godly person, does not necessarily mean that he is a godly person. We see a great example of this in 1 Samuel 23:19-25 out of [...]

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Continue reading about Day 93: “O God, you are my God”

Ryan Corcoran on March 29th, 2010

1 Samuel 13:1, 1 Samuel 14:49-51, 1 Chronicles 9:35-44, 1 Samuel 13:2-22, 1 Samuel 14:1-45 Ryan: When I first decided that I was going to discuss Jonathan eating the honey from today’s reading, I originally was going to make a “strong Christian vs. weak Christian” argument. But after re-reading that section (1 Samuel 14:24-45), I’ve [...]

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Continue reading about Day 88: “You acted foolishly…”

Ryan Corcoran on March 25th, 2010

Judges 19-21 Ryan: “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit” (Judges 21:25). A couple of years ago, I participated in Northside’s Bible Bowl (www.ksbiblebowl.org); the material for testing was the book of 1 Samuel. As we will soon read, the people of Israel come to Samuel, a prophet of [...]

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Continue reading about Day 84: The end of the judges