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A reading of Genesis 1 during the Apollo 8 mission

The Inclusio of 2 Chronicles

Behold I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God and dedicate it to him for the burning of incense of sweet spices before him, and for the regular arrangement of the showbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, as ordained forever for Israel. (2 Chronicles 2:4) "Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, "The LORD, the God of Cyrus king of Persia, "The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may the LORD his God be with him. Let him go up." (2 Chronicles 36:23)

The Discipleship that Jesus Demands and Models

 Delivered this sermon at our Young Adults Retreat this weekend. The best retreat so far. God really did a mighty work this weekend.

Have you not heard that I determined it long ago?

"Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of ruins, while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded, and have become like plants of the field and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops, blighted before it is grown." 2 Kings 20:25 - 26