by Ellen | Sep 13, 2025 | Renew Year A
Lesson Thirty Eight BLESSINGS AND CURSES Memory Verse: Numbers 32:23Further Study: Deuteronomy 27; 28; Joshua 7; 8;Patriarch and Prophets: pp. 493-504; The Bible Story, vol. 3, pp. 92-95 [Note to Readers: I write these devotionals well ahead of when they are...
by Ellen | Sep 7, 2025 | Renew Year A
Lesson Thirty Seven THE PROMISED LAND AT LAST Memory Verse: Psalm 126:3Further Study:Deuteronomy 31-34; Joshua 1-4; 5:13-6:27; Patriarch and Prophets: pp. 462-493; The Story of Redemption: pp. 170-181; The Bible Story, vol. 3, pp. 67-91 We dropped my youngest...
by Ellen | Aug 31, 2025 | Renew Year A
Lesson Thirty Six BALAAM, THE GREEDY PROPHET Memory Verse: Proverbs 22:1Further Study: Numbers 21:21-25:18; Patriarch and Prophets: pp. 433-461; The Bible Story, vol. 3, pp. 58-63 Back in Lesson 26, I introduced a TED Talk by promoter Simon Sinek. He developed...
by Ellen | Aug 24, 2025 | Renew Year A
Lesson Thirty Five A SAD MISTAKE Memory Verse: John 12:32Further Study: Numbers 20:1-21; 21:1-9; Patriarch and Prophets: pp. 406-432; The Story of Redemption, pp. 164-169; The Bible Story, vol. 3, pp. 42-57 I worked alongside a colleague for about 20 years. For...
by Ellen | Aug 17, 2025 | Renew Year A
Lesson Thirty Four REBELLION IN THE WILDERNESS Memory Verse: Philippians 2:14Further Study: Numbers 14:39-45; 16; 17; Patriarch and Prophets: pp. 392-405; The Bible Story, vol. 3, pp. 32-41 I’ve always had an interest in the American Revolution. I’m not...
by Ellen | Aug 10, 2025 | Renew Year A
Lesson Thirty Three TWO BRAVE SPIES Memory Verse: Deuteronomy 1:30Further Study: Numbers 10-14; Patriarch and Prophets: pp. 374-392; The Story of Redemption, pp. 158-163; The Bible Story, vol. 3, pp. 13-31 It wasn’t that the idea to explore the promised land...
