Apr 16, 2024
DEUTERONOMY 28:
Yesterday we read of the ceremony that Moses
commanded the people to perform when they entered the promised
land. The Levites were to loudly proclaim curses from Mount Ebal
over anyone who violates the laws.
PSALM 64:
If
you feel that people are looking for opportunities to slander you,
this psalm is for...
Apr 15, 2024
DEUTERONOMY 27:
Yesterday in Deuteronomy, Moses continued with
miscellaneous regulations. One repeated in the New Testament is to
not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating when it is treading out
grain. Paul used that as a metaphor for something else.
PSALM 63:
This
is another poem of David, including beautiful
imagery....
Apr 14, 2024
DEUTERONOMY 25-26:
Yesterday we read some laws for what kind of
people could not enter into the congregation of Israel, and how
long before their descendants could enter into the congregation of
Israel. And we heard laws about cleanliness based on the fact that
God was living with the Israelites. And, God wanted
his...
Apr 13, 2024
A few years ago I published a YouVersion reading plan entitled Buckling the belt of truth. In this podcast I’m reissuing the first episode of that reading plan.
Here I am at 72. I'm beginning to not be so surprised at my own age. Being so very elderly, perhaps it is time to share some grandfatherly advice.
Maybe I...
Apr 13, 2024
DEUTERONOMY 23-24:
Yesterday we read an odd collection of
regulations: Cleansing the land from unsolved murder, marrying a
captive woman after a war, rights of a first-born son when a man
has more than one wife, the responsibility of helping neighbors,
and various problems concerning adultery.
PSALM
61:
This is one I love...