Have you read the stories of the Bible and thought they were just stories or that they happened so long ago they have become like so many other stories; not relevant to our lives today? Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.” Joshua 3:5. And He…

Anyone whose heart is open and not closed. We come to a remarkable chapter. The people are about to enter into Canaan, the land promised to them by God. Israel may have problems in fully trusting God, but the nations in Canaan have heard and taken note of a people who are led by God…

Joshua begins immediately with the Lord speaking with Joshua, Moses’s aide and one of 2 spies sent 40 years before to see the land and report back to the people. He was faithful in faith in God then and he is faithful to God now. Imagine…God is telling him to get the people ready…it’s time…

Deuteronomy 34 closes with the death of Moses after the Lord takes him up to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, to show Moses all the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Lord whom He loved was with him and buried him. Can you imagine leading so great a…

We don’t ever in this day and age hear of someone pronouncing blessings on others. In Deuteronomy 33 that is what Moses is doing for the people and each tribe receives their own blessing. This morning in our early morning prayer group we prayed and talked about how we might be getting in the way…

Listen you heavens, and I will speak; hear, you earth, the words of my mouth. Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. Deuteronomy 32:1-2. So begins a song Moses gave to the people. Yesterday we had much needed rain…

Last night we watched the season finale of The Chosen of Season 3. Along with Gospel teaching, there is dramatization of the back story of the lives and experiences of the disciples. One of the back stories was of a Pharisee determined to stop the “false teachings “ of Jesus. He hurries to a reported…

This will be my last blog for a couple of weeks as I will be away from my computer. This morning already there was opportunity for stress with a nationwide FAA shutdown from a glitch that by the time I was made aware had been resolved. Several years ago I would have been undone with…

There are times when reading Scripture is difficult and hard to understand. Until we remember Who it is who is speaking to us. Deuteronomy 20 deals with when the people go to war. The first thing He tells them is do not be afraid of them, because the Lord your God, who brought you up…

All of Deuteronomy is a recap of what Moses has already told the people and in Deuteronomy 19 he is reminding them of the need for cities of refuge for those who took a life accidentally and the need for two or three witnesses and not just one witness to convict anyone of a crime.…