It’s Really Not about Us…..

Weekly Reading: Numbers 21-36; Deuteronomy 1-6
As I read through the weekly reading I was struck by Deuteronomy 9:1-6.
1 Hear, O Israel. You are now about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities that have walls up to the sky. 2 The people are [...]

The Good Old Days

Weekly reading: Numbers 1-20; Psalm 90 & 91
Man I remember when i was a kid and all my concerns was how much grape Kool-Aid I had and where my friends where hiding as we played war and chased each other through the streets of our neighborhood in and out of the backyards of all of [...]

My Eyes are on Him

Weekly Reading: Leviticus 1-27
Thought: Leviticus 1-7
Studying for this weeks sermon I ran across this story that I think fits well with chapter 1-7 I’ll explain more after the story.
It is said that Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, once had captured a prince and his family. When they came before him, the monarch [...]

My God is Good Just as He is

4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods, [a] O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.” – Exodus 32:4
This verse just jumps out at me as I read through [...]