Ordinary Men Called by God: A Study of Abraham, Moses, and DavidJames Montgomery Boice demonstrates how God develops the extraordinary from the ordinary as evidenced by the courage, faithfulness, and humility seen in the lives of Abraham, Moses, and David. |
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... Israel . 4. Bible . O.T.- Bibliography . 5. Christian life - Biblical teaching . I. Title . BS574.5.B65 1998 ISBN 0-8254-2075 - x 221.9'22 - dc21 Printed in the United States of America 23/04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97-47515 CIP To the Author ...
... Israel . 4. Bible . O.T.- Bibliography . 5. Christian life - Biblical teaching . I. Title . BS574.5.B65 1998 ISBN 0-8254-2075 - x 221.9'22 - dc21 Printed in the United States of America 23/04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97-47515 CIP To the Author ...
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... Israel . Joshua begins by reminding them of their pagan past . " Thus saith the Lord God of Israel , Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the river [ the River Euphrates ] of old , even Terah , the father of Abraham , and the father ...
... Israel . Joshua begins by reminding them of their pagan past . " Thus saith the Lord God of Israel , Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the river [ the River Euphrates ] of old , even Terah , the father of Abraham , and the father ...
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... Israel to be the nation through which He gave the Law and would one day send the Saviour . We read , " The Lord did not set His love upon you , nor choose you , because ye were more in number than any people ; for ye were the fewest of ...
... Israel to be the nation through which He gave the Law and would one day send the Saviour . We read , " The Lord did not set His love upon you , nor choose you , because ye were more in number than any people ; for ye were the fewest of ...
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... Israel , but David fell into sin . He stayed in Jerusalem instead of participating in a battle . While in Jerusa- lem he saw Bathsheba , enticed her , and made love to her . When he learned that she had become pregnant , he attempt- ed ...
... Israel , but David fell into sin . He stayed in Jerusalem instead of participating in a battle . While in Jerusa- lem he saw Bathsheba , enticed her , and made love to her . When he learned that she had become pregnant , he attempt- ed ...
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... Israel , old friends of the former king , factions within his own government , and even by rebels within his immedi- ate family . And yet David knew the protective power of God . He wrote , " The Lord is my rock , and my fortress , and ...
... Israel , old friends of the former king , factions within his own government , and even by rebels within his immedi- ate family . And yet David knew the protective power of God . He wrote , " The Lord is my rock , and my fortress , and ...
Contents
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The Steps of Faith | 39 |
Part Two MosesThe Greatest Leader 31 | 49 |
Your Plan or Gods | 51 |
The Death of the Lamb | 72 |
The Cloud in the Desert | 81 |
Moses Finest Hour | 92 |
Part Three DavidThe Greatest King | 101 |
The Choice of a King | 103 |
When God Says No | 113 |
When Believers Sin | 122 |
David and Davids Lord | 132 |
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Page 41 - Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram ; but thy name shall be Abraham : for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Page 77 - The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people ; for ye were the fewest of all people : but because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Page 73 - In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house; and if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
Page 94 - I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Page 124 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Page 42 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Page 127 - Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. "Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house...
Page 56 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of GOD, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season...
Page 139 - He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Page 97 - Ye have sinned a great sin : and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.