Tag Archives: Bible study

Another View of the Christmas Story

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Don Merritt

We’ve looked at the Christmas Story from an unconventional angle by seeing through the lens of Father Abraham, and now we come in this final week leading up to Christmas, to the more traditional story from the Gospel of Luke. … Continue reading →

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Joel and Ephesians Added to my “Reflections” Series

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Don Merritt

For those of you who are interested, I have added both Joel and Ephesians to my “Reflections” series and they are now available for download on my website. As always, they are entirely free of charge, as is everything on … Continue reading →

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A Serpent is Lifted Up

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Don Merritt

Numbers 21:4-9 In this section, the Israelites are going the long way around Edom, which they will not cross because the Edomites, who are the descendants of Esau, are hostile to them. This is a very harsh desert region that … Continue reading →

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Glory Hallelujah!

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Don Merritt

Joel has just described the final judgment of God against those who, despite His offers of grace, have opposed and oppressed His people, and who have opposed God Himself. We pick up the action in verse 17: “Then you will … Continue reading →

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The Final Act

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Don Merritt

Joel 3:4-16 In these verses, God deals with those who have opposed Him and who have refused His offer of grace: This is His Final Judgment. As you will recall from last time, 3:4 is the beginning of His indictment … Continue reading →

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Looking far into the future

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Don Merritt

We have already seen the connection between a present temporal event and the future it represents in the first two chapters of Joel. Recall the plague of locusts in chapter 1, real and present; a crisis that required immediate action. … Continue reading →

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God’s Response to Repentance

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Don Merritt

Joel 2:18-27 In the first part of this chapter, Joel has set up a picture, a picture in which the people have been in open and gross rebellion against God, and God has sent a serious plague upon them. Then … Continue reading →

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Time to Repent

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Don Merritt

Joel 2: 12-17 This text falls into three parts as we will see, but more than that, it is the challenge that faces every human being alive today, for as you recall this chapter is in a context of Final … Continue reading →

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The Day of the Lord is Great

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Don Merritt

Joel 2:1-11 In the first chapter Joel described the plague of locusts that had devastated the land that was supposed to flow with milk and honey; it was the present national crisis before the people of Joel’s day. In this … Continue reading →

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The Day of the Lord

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Don Merritt

Joel 1 As Joel’s account opens, there is disaster in the land in the form of an invasion of locusts. They have destroyed everything in their path that grows; crops in the fields, grain in the barns; everything. The situation … Continue reading →

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