Tag: history
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Our Family Table: Transformational Undeserved Favor
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 3 April 2025 Reading From Luke 7:31-50 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them…
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Our Family Table: Access to His Presence
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 19 March 2025 Reading From Mark 15:26-47 “With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man…
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Our Family Table: We Cast Down Our Idols
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 16 January 2025 Reading From Matthew 11 “Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.” –Matthew 11:20 Human culture is by and large very keenly focused on the quality of life…
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Our Family Table: The Veil Has Been Torn
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 11 November 2024 Reading From Matthew 27, Mark 15 Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. 51 At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart, 52 and tombs opened.…
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Our Family Table: Wisdom From Elders
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 23 June 2024 Reading From II Chronicles 10-12 “Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, “Come back to me in three days.” The king answered them harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders, he followed the advice of the young men and…
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Our God Still Speaks to Us: Divine Revelation Today
A Deeper Teaching by Kenton Cheek Throughout the history of Christianity there have been individuals and groups who have focused on particular aspects of the collective understanding of God and our faith and practice. There are seasons when the universal Church needs to be reminded of certain truths and the Spirit has a way of…
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Our Family Table: More Than a Face in the Crowd
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 24 April 2024 Reading From I Chronicles 3-5 “These were the sons of David born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second, Daniel the son of Abigail of Carmel; the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the…
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Our Family Table: From Lone Wolf to Band of Brothers
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 12 April 2024 Reading From I Samuel 18-20, Psalm 11 & 59 “After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself. From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return home to his family. And Jonathan made…
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Our Family Table: Hope for Our Nation
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 29 March 2024 Reading From Judges 1-2 “After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel. Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord and served the Baals. They forsook the Lord, the God of their ancestors,…
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Our Family Table: A Stairway to Heaven
21 January 2024 Reading From Genesis 27-29 “Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the…
Forever Home in the Eternal Family of God 