Deuteronomy

The book of Deuteronomy is about obedience, and God’s enduring love.  The greatest Prophet to come, our Lord Jesus Christ is foretold. “The Lord said to me: “What they say is good. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything…

Numbers

Numbers is essentially the first Roll Call of God. It could also be called the Book of Rebellion as it recounts the grumblings of those who were delivered from slavery. Our Lord spoke to Moses in the Tent Meeting in the Desert of Sinai and told him to take a census of the entire Israelite…

Leviticus

The children of Israel were still at Mount Sinai when God dictated His instructions to the Levites and the priests for their orderly worship within the Tabernacle, otherwise known as the House of Worship, our human heart. In Genesis we see humanity’s beginning and its destruction. In Exodus, God redeems humanity. In Leviticus, humanity is…

Genesis

The word Genesis means origin. “In the beginning” God created the cosmos, He conceived man, and established His way of salvation, and His judgment of human rebellion against their Creator. The first book of the Bible records the launch of all creation. The history in this book includes our ancestors, the real people that lived…

In Troubled Times

Troubles come and… Troubles will go…with God promising that, more trouble will encircle this globe. One thing is for sure…as troubles endure,  Jesus will not ever forsake me. So often I’ve tried, to circumvent … to avoid it’s shadowy pit. Yet circling my best from east to west, I find trouble still adamantly stalking. From…

Faith comes by…

We have faith that the sun will rise, that the light will go on when we flip the switch, and that the ocean will roar. Where did our weak or strong faith come from? Faith comes by hearing – by the hearing of what? The nightly world news? NO, NO, NO – faith comes by…

Unified by Reconciliation

How can we end the war between the Left and Right today? How can we reconcile our differences and become united? As we take the time to study history, we can hopefully learn from the mistakes of Generals and Kings of the past. There was a long war between the rule of David and the…

Choose Joy this Season

Alas it is December 1st and Christmas is in 24 days! Some people I know have murmured that they just can’t seem to get in the spirit? They are looking at the long list of gifts expected by others, and they are recognizing their lack of funds! They also recognize that Christmas just does not…

Glory to Glory

“And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” 2 Corin 3:18 “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:14  “Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he…

Scaled Up Chutzpah

The Prime Minister of Israel hosts a ‘Royal Tour’ of his homeland along with his wife and son. Affectionately known as “BeBe” he condenses the amazing 5,000 years of history in his fun and whimsical way.  The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drives a boat across the Red Sea whose shores are shared by Egypt,…