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Hunger Games: The Old Testament Version

Last week, we left off with a drunken King Xerxes who got rid of his wife, Queen Vashti, because she refused his command to show off her beauty to the other drunken men at the king’s party. “Four years passed between chapters one and two of Esther. According to history, the king may have goneContinue reading “Hunger Games: The Old Testament Version”

Not Your Ordinary Granny

2 Kings 12 – Week Eleven “A grandmother is a remarkable woman. She’s a wonderful combination of warmth and kindness, laughter, and love. She overlooks our faults, encourages our dreams, and praises our every success.” – Anonymous Hopefully, all of us have or had at least one grandmother that would fit that description. Grandmothers, generallyContinue reading “Not Your Ordinary Granny”