Covenantal Cleansing

If we were all honest, I believe we would love to have our sins forgiven. There is a liberation in knowing that you are made whole–free of debt. We would all love to think that whatever we do is not a violation or offense to anyone–that no one is collecting interest on us. We would…

Scripture cannot be broken

Another year is here, another year to familiarize yourself with God’s Truth. It is such a foundational truth that it is genuinely shocking that some are increasingly abandoning God’s Word. We should always have our sniff test ready for action. Since our noses automatically react when we cross the threshold of olfactory offense, we understand…

A people of the Book

The Old Testament books of Chronicles and Kings record the exploits of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Their bravery in battle, their cunning at politics, their fall into idolatry, and their occasional reform. Sometimes the King was good, and he led the people in obedience. But often the King was evil, and he led…

Moses and Aaron

I was recently in a meeting where we mentioned in passing about the kind of leaders whom Moses and Aaron were and immediately this blog came to my mind. Aaron is a leader who gives people what they want. And Moses is a leader who gives the people what God asks him to give. This…

10 Rules for Life

The ten commandments are rules to live by. This is as important as ever when we increasingly have teachers who are suggesting we unhitch from the Old Testament altogether, Ugh. In an effort to not deal with those hard questions from the OT, or confusing ideas, or troublesome history therein, some pastors such as Andy…

The story of right and wrong

When I was thinking about how the Old Testament scriptures contain perhaps singularity harrowing ideas to 2018 ears, such as to stone a woman who is found not to be a virgin before her wedding night. I realized I had more to say, so…Now I have already called us to think through these hard statements…

On Excusing God

I really appreciate when people are willing to put themselves on the line for God. Such as debating atheists and pundits on morality and God. Let’s put that out there first, it is an important and good thing to do and I love watching it. I don’t know if I am quick enough on my…

Mercy, or Arguing at God?

Just back from my trip to Israel, it was great. It truly is a land flowing with milk and honey. The lush greenery is breath-taking as Israel leads the field in their advanced farming and water conservation techniques turning much of the desert into a paradise, except down by the dead sea. The smell of…

Some Hebrew (Commandment 3)

Dennis Prager shares a bit about the 3rd commandment which I think is very helpful and informative to non-native speaking Hebrew people. He focuses on this first word Nasa. Nasa means to carry, take, lift, bear. We often simply translate it to take. This still doesn’t quite help us yet to another full translation, but…

A common Thing

If something can be reduced to a mere common thing it can be ignored altogether. This is what has happened to the Bible this is happening with marriage and this is happening with God. This will continue to happen to the church. In order that the sacred can once again be trampled under foot by…