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• Genesis 1 - Creation and the Image of God Genesis 1 proclaims that everything begins with God speaking: creation is ordered, blessed, declared good, and crowned with humanity made in the... 16 min read
• John 1:1-18 - The Word Became Flesh John opens his Gospel by revealing the eternal Word, the true Light, and the Only Begotten Son who became flesh for our adoption and salvation. 16 min read
• Psalm 23 (LXX 22) - The Shepherd, the Table, and the House of the Lord Psalm 23 is not sentimental comfort. It is confidence spoken by a soul that has known hunger, danger, enemies, death shadow, and the need to be led. 10 min read

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1. Psalm 91 (LXX 90) - He That Dwelleth in the Secret Place 20 min read · 8:10
2. Bel and the Dragon - Idols Exposed 24 min read · 26:36
3. Genesis 28 - Jacob’s Ladder and Bethel 12 min read · 8:15

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Psalm numbers follow English Bibles. Coptic Reader uses Septuagint chapters and sometimes different verse numbers because the heading is counted separately.