“Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who is prophesying to you? For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, “Your exile will be long; build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their produce.”” (Jeremiah 29:27–28, ESV) In the movie, “Forrest Gump,” there is a popularized idiom, “StupidContinue reading “Stupid Is as Stupid Does”
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Spiritual Erosion
“What is the sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ then you shall say to them: ‘Because your fathers have forsaken me, declares the Lord, and have gone after other gods and have served and worshiped them, and have forsaken me and have not kept my law, and because you have doneContinue reading “Spiritual Erosion”
Authoritative Word
“These are the commandments and the rules that the Lord commanded through Moses to the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.” (Numbers 36:13, ESV) We now come to the last chapter and the last verse of the book of Numbers. Here we see a summarizing truth. “These areContinue reading “Authoritative Word”
Faith Not Presumption
“But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country, although neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed out of the camp. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and defeated them and pursued them, even to Hormah.” (Numbers 14:44-45,Continue reading “Faith Not Presumption”
Sowing and Reaping (Part 2)
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” (Galatians 6:7–8, ESV) In the previous post, IContinue reading “Sowing and Reaping (Part 2)”
Heart of the Pastor – Gal 4:12-16
“What then has become of your blessedness? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have gouged out your eyes and given them to me. Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?” (Galatians 4:15–16, ESV) I believe that many parishioners have no clue about the true heart of theContinue reading “Heart of the Pastor – Gal 4:12-16”
Why the Law?
“Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary. Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.” (Galatians 3:19–20, ESV) In recent history, the progressive movement promoted aContinue reading “Why the Law?”
Renewing the Heart 