Pastor’s Blog

Seeking to Love Biblically What you won’t find in Deuteronomy 24 are rules for daily living today. However, there are healthy principles found here for building relational health in the body of Christ. Consider the following samples: Vs. 1-5- This law kept the ex-husband from taking advantage of his former spouse through remarriage. See Jesus’s … Read More

“However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.’” Deuteronomy 23:5 How many times have you been saved by God’s extraordinary love where He turned a curse into a blessing? Today’s chapter reminds me that we can never … Read More

Today’s reading addresses our need to look out for one another.  Each of us at one time or another have been in a situation where we were the one in need or, we’ve been the person that was able to be a blessing to someone else.  Being a blessing does not always constitute monetary means.  … Read More

Closing Cold Cases Deuteronomy 21:1-9 The police do not always catch murderers. The evidence may be too limited, or the trail may run out of leads. The pursuit may end in a cold case. Our justice system calls for conviction of a perpetrator before a case can be closed. So the police and the victim’s … Read More

Deuteronomy 20 begins by God commanding Israel not to fear in war. The High Priest was to share about God’s abiding presence and His past faithfulness. He was also to remind them that the outcome of this war (or any battle) was not dependent upon the strength or size of the opposing army. Israel wasn’t … Read More

“Don’t steal land from your neighbor by moving the boundary marker your ancestors put in place. Each person’s property is an inheritance from the Eternal, who’s giving you this land to live in.”19:14 God gave these instructions to Moses before the Israelites entered into the promised land because He knew the nature of man. He … Read More

God is Our Provider Deuteronomy 18 reminds us that our God is the source of all provision! Vs. 1-8 teach on the role of Israel to provide for the Levites and Priests. Vs. 9-13 contains prohibitions against the practice of witchcraft and other forms of consulting with evil spirits. Vs. 14-22 show how the Word … Read More

Reminders Deuteronomy 17 – another chapter – more laws. Is this relevant today? Let me share some thoughts… The chapter’s opening verses (1-7) begin by admonishing the Israelites how to worship God and keep His covenant. Now I realize in the 21st century we don’t sacrifice animals or stone people for breaking laws. Christ became … Read More

Chapter 16 begins with the reading of The Passover.  It was during this time that God’s people recalled how God had been their Savior. God had miraculously brought them out of Egypt. As we continue reading The Festival of Weeks and The Festival of Tabernacles, there were two things that stand out. In verse 11 … Read More

Open Your Hand Deuteronomy 15:7-15 The fact that there will always be poor people among us in this broken world is not an excuse for apathy. Rather, the presence of poverty calls us and gives us an opportunity to show openhandedness toward the poor. The blessings we have in our hands from God are to … Read More