By Jill Roberts
Posted: July 26, 2022
By Jill Roberts and Michael Canalé Michael made such an important observation about God, as we were discussing this week’s blog and the direction in which Scripture is taking us in writing it. He quoted Revelation 1:8 NIV, as an introduction to his thoughts: “I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the
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By Jill Roberts
Posted: July 20, 2022
By Jill Roberts and Michael Canalé Michael, in speaking of the Old Testament, said, “Person after person in this Book did not do what God asked. It is truly a Book of lessons to be learned.” Sometimes, that lesson turns on one single three letter word…Here, it is that on which everything
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By Jill Roberts
Posted: July 14, 2022
By Jill Roberts and Michael Canalé In last week’s blog, we left you with God’s words, “Never again,” repeated five times as reflective of His state of mind following the Flood. We saw Noah building an altar to God and a new world being birthed – one inhabited only by righteous Noah and his
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By Jill Roberts
Posted: July 8, 2022
By Jill Roberts and Michael Canalé Michael has a high standard that he has set for this blog. It is as follows: “Very good means you can do better, yet it is is where many stop. Great is the pinnacle of whatever you are doing. It happens when you couldn’t have done better.”
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By Jill Roberts
Posted: June 29, 2022
By Jill Roberts and Michael Canalé Are you like me? When you run into a genealogy in Scripture, do you want to skim right through it, if not just skip it altogether? As Michael and I were planning the outline for this blog, we were almost finished when he added, “Oh and don’t forget
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By Jill Roberts
Posted: June 24, 2022
By Jill Roberts and Michael Canalé Surprise may not be that for which we signed on, as we look closely at God’s love in the Old Testament. I will admit that, for me, decades of Bible study have not adequately prepared me for the overwhelming and transcendent love of God in what was referred
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By Jill Roberts
Posted: June 3, 2022
By Jill Roberts and Michael Canalé As a lawyer, one of the most basic lessons I learned early on was to always make a good record. This extended beyond jury trials and pre-trial motions. I requested a court reporter who would take down every word that was spoken by all concerned at in-chambers jury
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By Jill Roberts
Posted: May 26, 2022
By Jill Roberts and Michael Canalé When you have just begun a book, are you ever tempted to turn to the last page to see how it’s all going to end, to look ahead to read those final words, especially the last sentence? I am. In the beginning of any well-written story, right away,
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By Jill Roberts
Posted: May 20, 2022
by Jill Roberts and Michael Canalé Last week’s blog ended with a spiritual turning point, nearly unrivaled in the Biblical record. God’s Creation, mankind, had just gone from being “Easter People,” or those possessing eternal life in Eden’s paradise, to living in a “Good Friday World,” a sentence of death now hanging over their
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By Jill Roberts
Posted: May 13, 2022
By Jill Roberts and Michael Canalé In discussing the subject of this week’s blog, Michael said, “Let’s write about God the Father’s love as shown in the Old Testament.” What a worthy and interesting subject. We often associate the Old Testament as revealing more of the attributes of God’s justice and even judgment,
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