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Tagged: Matthew 1

Do-Overs: It’s never too late to start over (unless you die)
Posted on Monday, July 25th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Bathsheba, can I start again, Carol McClain, do-overs, forgiveness, Jonah, Matthew 1, Prodigal Lives, Rahab, Ruth, Sampson, start again, Tamar, Writing Redemption
@carol_mcclain I was training for my first marathon. I’d left my running partner and headed for my cool-down when suddenly a HUGE boulder (aka: a pebble) lept out of the ground and tripped me up. I tumbled. I felt like I rolled head over keister. Worse than the mild concussion and bruised muscles and scraped skin, …[ read more ]

Three Steps to Change Your Life: Lessons from Rahab
@carol_mcclain Is your past unforgivable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No little girl--or boy--decides as a child, "I'll be a prostitute." What forces one into this lifestyle? Drugs? Abuse? Poverty? They say this is the oldest profession, and indeed, we read about prostitutes in the Bible. In ancient Israel, women found few avenues of employment. If unmarried or widowed, they very often had to turn to prostitution to survive. Who wants to have non-stop sex with strangers? According to the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women: [caption id="attachment_2044"… ...[ full story ]

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