July 22, 2018
The Hebrew people were like a stranded crew in a wilderness. It took time for Israel to repair from the crash and proceed to their destination bound for Canaan. In the crash, the people seemed to have lost God, their…
July 20, 2018
Faith needs the Holy Spirit to see what God wants from man. And especially from those who partner with the Holy Spirit. Jesus charged the leaders of his day with spiritual blindness, for not seeing their guilt (John 9:41). Saul,…
July 20, 2018
Faith needs love to grow into a force that braves a person to dare to live a life that honors God, the Creator. Faith, even when it has grown, can not adequately operate without love. Even God could not operate…
July 16, 2018
Mark Twain was asked what the world would be like without women and he replied with one word: “Scares.” An absurd question does not require an explanation, neither does it grant man the right to blame women for man’s failure…
July 16, 2018
In 63 BC, it appeared that the Pharisees had won out, but the actual credit for saving Jerusalem from being destroyed, went to Antipater, the Idumean, the father of Herod the Great. Rome was very generous with her friends and…
July 15, 2018
Exodus, chapters thirty and chapter thirty-one, concluded the lengthy instructions on burned offerings, oils, and spices. God even chose the people to whom the task of building the worship center were given. The instructions ended with keeping the Sabbath. The…
July 14, 2018
The ordinances, the instructions, the explanations on the Law and the Ten Commandments continue. They were very specific!
July 14, 2018
The purpose for a center of worship was to remember and to continually reaffirm the “Covenant” by reciting the Law and the ordinances of God. The tent of the tabernacle was equipped with a “holy of holy place” where only…
June 25, 2018
PARTNERS WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT: PART VI Abram/Abraham became an example of how one learns to partner with the Spirit of God. He learned to trust in an invisible Being with immense powers, and allowed himself to be guided by…
June 25, 2018
We are coming to Nehemiah, the man who separated Judah from the world, as Ezra had done for the family. Nehemiah believed that an isolationist and separatist nation was pleasing to the God of their fathers. This problem has plagued…