Frank Sinatra’s classic, “I Did It My Way,” sounded nice, as far as his voice was concerned, but the lyrics show a proud and arrogant man who faced life independent of others’ help. You’ve probably heard people say, “Nothing has ever been given to me. I’ve worked hard for everything I have.” They probably mean […]
I hate rollercoasters; I refuse to ride them. Plunging down a steep slope, only to experience extreme G-forces at the bottom, has no attraction for me. In my estimation, the price of a ticket is a waste of money. When I hear the term “roller coaster,” I imagine trying to ride out a coastal earthquake […]
I started thinking about mercy when, in my daily reading in Exodus 25, I read about the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark in the Most Holy Place was a box made of wood overlayed with gold. Inside it was the law God gave to Moses. The lid of the Ark was made of solid […]
Shortly after His triumphal entry in Jerusalem, “Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.” (Matthew 21:12) For this, the chief priests and elders of the people called Him into question and asked, […]
After Moses died, Joshua led the people into the Promise Land. The first city encountered was Jericho. Not wanting Israel to assume the conquering of the city was due to their fighting skills, God instructed them to walk around the perimeter of the walled city once a day, carrying the Ark of the Covenant towards […]
Our last study examined “The Power of the Gospel of Christ revealed to The Apostle Paul;” “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God […]
How many ways can you fix manna? After forty years of eating it, the Israelites must have developed quite a few recipes. Still, it must have gotten old. There is no indication that the people ate meat from their flocks and herds, so the manna must have provided a well-rounded nutritious source of food. You […]
Whereas the 10th chapter of Romans explains how individual Jews and Gentiles are saved into The Body of Christ by grace through faith, the 11th chapter deals with the restoration of the Nation of Israel and the salvation of Gentile Nations. Unfortunately, this truth was obscured by early church fathers shortly after Paul revealed it. […]
Often, when we think of the gifts of the Spirit, our attention turns to Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12. In doing so, we leave a lot of people wondering whether God passed them by when He was distributing those abilities. That’s because a lot of the gifts listed seem to only apply to church […]
For thousands of years these commandments have been the backbone of the Judeo-Christian community and have been a part of many governments throughout the world and the basis for many legal systems. Although these laws were given to Moses by God himself for the people of Israel, it’s important to note that Jesus the son […]