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MEN OF THE BIBLE (JOB “WHEN YOU WORLD FALLS APART”)

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If everything good in your life were suddenly taken away, what would you do? That question lies at the heart of Job’s story in the Old Testament book bearing his name.

Job was a righteous man-someone so above reproach that God held him up to Satan as a model servant. Satan was unimpressed. “Of course Job is faithful to you,” he countered. “He has wealth, family, and excellent health. Take away those things and let’s see how faithful he is.”

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WOMEN OF THE BIBLE (HANNAH “THE MOM WHO LET GO”)

04/16/2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, harvest, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, 5, adviser, ancient, child, children, country, eli, Elkanah, Ephraim, fertility, firstborn, God has heard, great prophet, Hannah, Israel's kings, Jew, Jewish, kid, kids, Lord, love, man of the bible, Men of the Bible, nazirite, Peninnah, Pray, praying, Ramathaim, Ramathaim-zophim, sister, sister wife, sob, sobs, sons, spiritual, swore, town, vow, wife, woman of the bible, women of the bible, zophimabarkley8

In the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel, we meet a woman named Hannah. She was married in a man named Elkanah, of the tribe of Ephraim. They lived in the hill country, in a little town with a big name-Ramathaim-zophim.

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WOMEN OF THE BIBLE (MICHAL “A CRAZY, COMPLICATED LIFE”)

04/12/2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, stones, sunday, the church, theology1 samuel, 2 Samuel, beheaded, complicated life, crazy, daugther, David, Elah Valley, emotion, enemy, femals, Husbands, Israel, jealous, Jerusalem, Laish, Lord, Men of the Bible, Merab, Michal, murderous, Palti, paranioa, privilege, rage, royal, Saul, sister, troopys, weatlh, wife, wives, women of the bibleabarkley8

If we could interview Michal-the daughter of Saul and first wife of David-what might she say about her crazy, complicated life?

We could have to ask about her experience of being “a royal.” the youngest of King Saul’s five children (read 1 Sam 14:49). No doubt the could regulate us with jaw-dropping stories of wealth and privilege.

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WOMEN OF THE BIBLE (PHOEBE “WOMAN OF IMPACT”)

04/08/20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, Judah, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedbenefactor, cenchreae, corinth, deacon, deaconess, diaconos, God's holy people, greece, greek, greet scholars, Heart, impact, Men of the Bible, patroness, paul, Phoebe, publishers, Roman Christians, Romans, rome, servant, sister, supporter, theological, woman, women, women of the bibleabarkley8

The apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans is widely regarded as his magnum opus. He began with eleven chapters that are deeply theological, essentially answering the question, “What does the gospel of Jesus really mean?” Then Paul wrote four more chapters that are decidedly practical, answering the question, “What differences does the gospel make in the believer’s life?

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WOMEN OF THE DAY (MARY “THE SISTER OF MARTHA”)

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The New Testament is full of “Marys.” With six or seven different women sharing that same name, it’s easy to get confused. The Mary we’re looking at here was a resident of Bethany, near Jerusalem. She was the sister of Martha and Lazarus. We meet her in three separate stories in the New Testament.

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MEN OF THE BIBLE (ELIJAH “SOLO, BUT NOT ALONE”)

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As a prophet of God in Israel during the reign of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, Elijah was an endangered species. The evil royal couple had done everything in their power to rid the nation of God’s spokespeople so that their own prophets of the false gods Baal and Asherah could do their work unopposed.

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MEN OF THE BIBLE (ZACCHAEUS “DESPISED BY MOST, EMBRACED BY ONE”)

03/25/2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedchief tax collector, city, climbed, emotions, funds, gave, gesture, give, gracious, greed, greedy, hospitial, Israel, jews, Lord, Mark, Men of the Bible, money, need, roman, roman empire, sick, sinned, sinner, sinners, stole, sycamore tree, tree, women of the bible, Zacchaeusabarkley8

Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector, which means he likely was one of the least popular citizens of Jericho. Jewish people in the first century AD despised tax collectors. They not only did the work of the hated Roman Empire but also overcharged their fellow Jews and pocketed the extra money. That’s why Luke describes Zacchaeus as “rich” (Luke 19:2). He likely built his wealth from the funds he stole from the people in his community.

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MEN OF THE BIBLE (JUDAS, ISCARIOT)

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The story of Judas Iscariot may be the most unsettling cautionary talk in all of Scripture. For three years Judas spent practically every day in the presence of the Son of God-experiencing his miracles, listening to his teachings, and watching him change lives and give hope to multitudes.

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MEN OF THE BIBLE (NATHAN)

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An engraving depicting the biblical story of King David being scolded by Nathan, the court prophet. Dated 19th century. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

It’s one thing to speak the truth to people in power when you have nothing to lose. It’s quite another to speak the truth when you have everything to lose. The Old Testament prophet Nathan faced the prospect of losing everything, including his life, if he spoke the truth to the most powerful man in Israel. Yet that was exactly what God called him to do.

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MEN OF THE BIBLE (ELISHA “FOLLOWING A TOUGH ACT”)

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Elisha was a yond man plowing his father’s fields when he first encountered the prophet Elijah. Elisha immediately dropped everything to follow him. For years, he served as an apprentice while Elijah performed his duties as a prophet-often under and lows, to his courageous obedience and crippling doubts. He observed the way Elijah interacted with kings and commoners. He studied the prophet’s personal relationship with God.

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