Category: “the Whole Story” Series

“Full Access to God” – Hebrews 10:19-20

Hebrews 10:19-20 “Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,” “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”  John 14:6 If you’re a baseball fan, you would have loved growing up in my hometown.

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“God’s Mobile Home” – John 4:20-24

John 4:20-24 “Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the

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“Having People to Share With” – Exodus 12:4

Exodus 12:4 “And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.” In this verse, God is giving Moses instructions for the Israelites concerning the Passover sacrifice and meal. A quick google search told me that a whole lamb would have been enough to feed upwards of

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“A Family Beyond Our Kin” – Mark 14: 12, 22-25

Mark 14: 12, 22-25 “And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?” “And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he

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“Don’t Wait Around to Decide” – Exodus 12:33-42

Exodus 12:33-42 “The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. And the

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“I Will Never Forget That Day” – Exodus 12:26-27

Exodus 12:26-27 “When your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel’” How many plagues would you need to believe God? How many would you need to do what He commands? For Pharaoh, it was ten. God made sure that the Egyptians would be so exhausted with the plagues that

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