Tag: blessing

After 32 chapters of recounting the exodus and reciting the Mosaic law, it's easy to approach these last two chapters with an emotional 'bad taste in the mouth'. Think of the Israelite congregation like teenagers who have just sat through a 2-hour lecture from mom and dad. They just want…

Life is full of choices. Some of our choices are so easy to make that it's dumbfounding when we see someone making the wrong choice. For example, would you rather be free or imprisoned? Would you rather be comfortably warm or freezing to death? What about healthy or sick; wealthy…

We tend to think of just two covenants in Scripture, the covenants that are generally represented by the old and new testaments. But there are actually several covenants between God and his people. Today we will look at a second covenant between God and 2n generation Israel. It follows the…

If the book of Deuteronomy has a focal point, or a bottom line if you will, it would be chapter 28. What Moses says in this part of his final sermon is what Israel's entire future depends on. And when I say that, I am referring to national Israel –…

Deuteronomy began with Moses telling 2nd generation Israel how they got to the point of being ready to cross the Jordan river to possess the promised land. That was the first five chapters. Beginning in chapter 6, Moses goes through the law with them, point-by-point, but in a Reader's Digest…

One of the first things I learned in computer programming, way back in the '80s, was the 'if-then' statement. In computer programming, the if-then statement is a conditional statement basically says, "if this is true, then do that, otherwise, do this". Example: if the 'enter' key is pressed, move the…

When someone mentions humility, what immediately comes to mind? Humility isn't a favorable characteristic in modern culture. In fact, the culture openly rewards pride and arrogance while casting the humble to the curb. God is different. Humility is valuable to God. He wants to see humility in the hearts of…