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The Dreaded Begets: What We Can Learn From Genealogies, Part II

by Kelly Simpson on February 24, 2010
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Have you ever been to a family reunion and thought, “I can’t be related to these people!”? Every family has a crazy uncle Larry who asks the youngsters to pull his finger or a frugal Great Aunt Grace who has apparently been stockpiling food since the Nixon administration! We enjoy sharing updates about our cousins [...]

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The Dreaded Begets: What We Can Learn from Genealogies, Part I

by Kelly Simpson on January 27, 2010
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It’s a common story. You’ve committed to reading through the Bible in a year and you hold your head high because you’ve read consistently – so far. When suddenly you come upon a passage and your confidence falters because of “The Dreaded Begets” (gasp!) Staring you in the face is a string of ‘begets’ connecting [...]

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