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1986 Songs: Throwing It All Away

Four Walls @FourWalls (86568) • United States 18 Mar

Yesterday I mentioned the interesting overload we had with this band and current/former members in the mid-80s. And waddaya know, thanks to alphabetization, here the band is! We continue the look back 40 years with one of the...

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Daily Devotion - Genesis 37

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 20 Sep 22

This morning's time with God was spent in Genesis 37. It is the story of young Joseph (adored by his father & hated by his brothers). It is the story of a teenage boy who went from being the spoiled, favored son to being sold into...

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Follow You Follow Me

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (97912) • Daytona Beach, Florida 4 Jun 19

I have always enjoyed this song “Follow You Follow Me” by Genesis. To me it sounds so wonderful that two people can be so very close in a relationship and feel safe and secure together always trusting one another. This love song...

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Abraham's camels

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 13 Oct 18

The Book of Genesis tells the story in Chapter 12 of the calling of Abram, who would later be called Abraham. He is generally reputed to have been the founder of the Jewish Nation. In verse 16 mention is made of his possessions:...

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A Woman's Place (Genesis 2)

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 5 Apr 18

Genesis chapter 2 continues to chronicle the Biblical account of creation. The passage I like most from this chapter is verse 21. It reads, "So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the LORD...

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Caring for Creation

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 20 Mar 18

Passage: Genesis 1 Focal Passage: vs. 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. (Genesis 1:31 ESV) God declared His creation as good. He...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis - Chapters 48 To 50

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 6 Nov 17

Chapter 48 Joseph is summoned again to see his dying father, Israel, who gives Joseph a summary of his life and the prophecies made by God concerning the way his sons would rule nations. Israel is delighted that this is visibly...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapters 46 And 47.

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 Nov 17

Chapter 46 Israel is aging badly and fears that he might not survive the arduous journey to Egypt to see his son one last time. As he travels to see Joseph, Israel makes a temple to God who visits him and calls him Jacob again...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Forty Five

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 1 Nov 17

Joseph finally reveals his identity before his brothers, after hearing that in falsely accusing Benjamin of theft of the Pharaoh’s silver, he risks breaking his father’s heart. He gets very emotional, at first asking if his father...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Forty Four

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 29 Oct 17

Just as it seems as if Joseph is finally about to forgive all his brothers for selling him into Egyptian slavery, he springs a rather spiteful revenge trap on them instead. The brothers, still not yet aware that their Egyptian...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Forty Three

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Oct 17

The famine continues throughout the World with only Egypt prepared for it in advance and now providing international aid as long as the hungry come to collect their food personally. Jacob and his family eat all the grain they...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter 42

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 18 Oct 17

Thanks to God and Joseph, Egypt is the only country with reserves of food during a seven year global famine in which Joseph personally sells food to people who can take it back to their own communities. Need breakfast in...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Forty One

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 16 Oct 17

Two years have passed since Joseph interpreted the dreams of two fellow prisoner, but now he has to perform the same task for the Egyptian Pharaoh. The Pharaoh has had a few weird dreams. In one, he stood by the river Nile where...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Forty

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Oct 17

Joseph is now virtually running the prison though he himself is still a lave-prisoner in Egypt. Two men are sent to the prison by the Pharaoh, his chief cup-bearer and his chief baker. Joseph looks after them, and after a while...

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An Atheistic Bible study Of Genesis Chapter Thirty-Nine

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 5 Oct 17

After a detour to discuss the story of Judah, Joseph’s brother, the main story arc of Joseph’s time in Egyptian slavery is now the central focus again. Joseph, cast into slavery by his brothers who have falsely claimed that he...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Thirty Eight

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 2 Oct 17

Having set up the story of Joseph being sold into slavery by his brothers, an arc that will dominate most of the remaining book of Genesis, the suspense is broken early on to run a separate story focussed on one of the brothers...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapters 36 And 37

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 1 Oct 17

Chapter Thirty-Six This is little more than a list of the descendants of Esau (Edom). We are told that Esau’s clan and expanding family move some distance from Jacob’s estates. This is purely for geographical reasons as there is...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Thirty Five

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 29 Sep 17

God turns up again to personally tell Jacob to finally complete his journey home to see his father Isaac in Bethel. He tells Jacob to build a shrine-altar there to God. Why God peaking in the first person, refers to himself in the...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter 34 Dinah And The Sheckemites

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 25 Sep 17

One of the most violent episodes in the Old Testament, dealing with rape and extremely brutal revenge. Dinah, the only daughter of Jacob, goes on a mission to meet the women of the Canaan region. Her activity is observed by...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Thirty Three

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Sep 17

Over several chapters the Bible has indicated a pending battle when Jacob and Esau’s four hundred soldiers finally meet, so this extreme anti-climax is very disappointing, like reading War & Peace without finding any of the...

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