Tag Archives: Scripture Study

The Wooing of Rebekah: Part II – Held on Sunday, February 3, 2013

Personal Note on Posting Timeline No Scripture Study Session on Sunday, February 10, 2013.  I will be attending the baptism of Cormik, our fourth grandchild, second son of Julia and John. Gen. 24: 28 – 61 – The Wooing of … Continue reading

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The Wooing of Rebekah – Held on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Gen. 24: 01 – 67 – The Wooing of Rebekah Background This story continues the turning point in Genesis from Abraham to his progenitors, in this case, Isaac.  However, it is Rebekah who most mirrors Abraham as the one called … Continue reading

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The Purchase of a Burial Plot – Held on Sunday, January 20, 2013

Personal Note on Posting Timeline For those of you who come to this site I had hoped to post on the Tuesday, then the Wednesday following the Sunday that we had our gathering.  Obviously I haven’t been faithful to that … Continue reading

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The Testing of Abraham – Held on Sunday, January 06, 2013

Gen. 22: 01 – 19 – The Testing of Abraham Preview After a two week holiday break we returned to our study of Genesis.  But as usual there were two topics that we dealt with prior to reading our passage.  … Continue reading

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Hagar and Ishmael – Held on Sunday, December 2, 2012

Gen. 21: 09 – 21 – Hagar and Ishmael Preview I brought up two points that developed over the previous week. The first had to do with something that Ken had shared. He mentioned something that happened to him while … Continue reading

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Advent – Comments on Parish Bulletin Information – Held on Sunday, December 2, 2012

Advent Our parish bulletin of St. Anthony All Saints in Canton, OH, http://www.stanthonyallsaintscanton.org/, and click on “weekly bulletin” had two sections that caught my attention.  The first, entitled Waiting for Joyful Hope, was a reflection on the Sunday Scriptures.  It … Continue reading

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The Birth of Isaac – Held on Sunday, November 18, 2012

Gen. 21: 01 – 08 – Birth of Isaac Preview Not wanting to be labor the point, in summary two weeks ago I offered as an example of our church’s failure to deal adequately with the scientific revolution the biological … Continue reading

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Gen. 20:01-18 – Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech – Part 2 – Held on Sunday, November 11, 2012

Gen. 20:01 – 18 – Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech Background As the notes on USCCB website http://www.usccb.org/bible/genesis/20 inform us, this is the second story of Abraham passing his wife, Sarah, off as his sister.  The first occurred in Gen. 12:10 … Continue reading

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Gen. 19: 01 – 29 – Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah – Held on Sunday, November 4, 2012

Gen. 19:01 – 29 – Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah Review The comments from last week, October 28, which were submitted by Tim, Ken, and Dan, I thought, had a real lesson for all of us to learn.  It seems … Continue reading

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Gen. 18: 16 – 33 – Abraham’s Intercessions – Held on Sunday, October 28, 2012

Gen. 18:16 – 33 – Abraham’s Intercessions Review We started off focusing our attention on a remark that Ken had submitted on our blog last week.  As I heard Ken, he assumed first of all that from an unknown but … Continue reading

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