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    Laramie R in "A Better Covenant, Established on Better Promises"
    Thank you for this sermon!! Someone forwarded it to me and it was so encouraging!! A pre-Passover must- listen-to in my opinion!!
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    Laramie R in "The Illegal Immigration Crisis—No End in Sight"

    Great fact filled article!! I agree. “A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.”
    I know a number of legal immigrants. Love and respect them. But if you come illegally..then you really don’t love and respect us. Not sure why as a country we are expected to tolerate disrespect like that...So odd!

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    Laramie R in "Is There a Place of Refuge for God’s People: Sermon"
    Thank you for this really inspiring sermon!! I have recommended it to a number of people. Thanks from Ohio!!
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    Laramie R in "The Restless God's Restless Interest in You"
    Thank you from Ohio!! I listened to this while on the bike trail. Had to keep stopping and jot down notes here on my phone pad. I really needed these words today!!
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    Laramie R in "How Abraham Became Obedient and Faithful: Warts and All"
    My final thought on this..... If I understand correctly back in their day having son(s) not only secured the position of the wife or wives but having a son was also the assurance for a women that if something happened to her husband she would still be provided with substance and security. I have to imagine when Sarah finally had her long awaited promised and miracle son that this was a major beginning milestone in her struggle between understanding the God of her husband and her natural drive to protect herself as a vulnerable woman in a male dominated society. This moment most likely deepened her relationship with her husband and finally God. When God tested Abraham and said take your only son (with Sarah) whom you love and go sacrifice him, Abraham most likely told Sarah of this calling from the Lord. Knowing a little bit of the culture and Sarah's drive to have physical security in having this son, this moment must have been the pinnacle & capstone moment in her struggle with "am I going to trust and love you Lord no matter what you call us to do or go through". In that society this very calling was going to force her back into the position of a son-less unsecured wife. Faith!
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    Laramie R in "How Abraham Became Obedient and Faithful: Warts and All"
    Your right God desires "mercy and not sacrifice" and he has come to call to "not call the righteous but the sinner to repentance" Matt 9:13 and so many other places. When we meet Abraham in the Kingdom and if we asked him if he regretted taking Lot with him his jaw would probably drop and he would be speechless. I feel the actions of Abraham attest the depth of his ability to love. Also the fact he "argued" with God over not destroying the righteous with the wicked in wicked Sodom. Abraham loved 1Cor 13:13. God bless you for the love and mercy you have towards your family and I am sure that capacity extends towards others. I will have to listen to other of his sermons. Maybe it was an "off" day. We all have that from time to time.
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    Laramie R in "How Abraham Became Obedient and Faithful: Warts and All"
    I also find it interesting that in 1Chron 1:32 mentions Keturah as a concubine and lists the sons she bore Abraham. Then in Gen 25:1 it says Abraham took her as wife. I wonder if she just had the concubine status when she was child bearing and that when Sarah died if Abraham "promoted" her to wife. If I recall I was told if a first wife did not produce an heir her husband could divorce her. If Sarah saw concubine Katurah being with child and she felt insecure in her position (Remember when her husband feared for his life he asked her to say she was his sister. To me Abraham wasn't willing to lay his life down for her). I wonder if those two situations caused her to feel insecure in her position and drove her to give her handmaiden Hagar to Abraham. We can wonder and make assumptions all day. I think the point is God can take their messed up lives and thinking and ours and turn it into his will and something very beautiful. If we didn't have Abraham, Lot and Sarah we would be missing so many good examples ( including the account of Melchizedek) of Gods love and grace towards us all. I thank God that those three had the faith to leave Haran and let God work their lives into something
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    Laramie R in "How Abraham Became Obedient and Faithful: Warts and All"
    What????? If it was wrong for Abram to take Lot then it would have been wrong for him to take Sarai because she was 'family' as well. And if God was so 'against' Lot he wouldn't have sent angels to lead him out of Sodom. And Lot would not have gone on to have two nations come from the Union of him and his daughters. And 2Peter 2:7 describes him as righteous Lot. It also doesn't say when Abraham took Keturah as a wife and had children with her Gen 25:1. Knowing his statement and concern about having more kids at the age of 100 Gen 21:7. And Gen 25:6 says he had concubineS. We make and read in a lot of assumptions here. But most likely that was going on before the passing of Sarah. Someday we will know more of the story. But for now I don't judge or condemn Abraham like that. I am glad he took Lot out of Ur and I think the situation with Hagar was sad. But I think God showed a lot of love and mercy towards Hagar. Most likely she was a young girl just obeying her mistress who grew resentful. Who wouldn't...