God’s Covenant with Israel Devotions for Deuteronomy 5:1-12, 6:4-9 September 30-October 6, 2019 Monday, September 30th-God’s Covenant with Israel “The Lord made a covenant with us at Horeb” (Exodus 5:1). The journey of the Israelites was drawing to an end. Before they crossed over the Jordan River and began to settle the Promised Land, Moses […]
Month: September 2019
Fascinating View Through the Kaleidoscope
Fascinating View through the Kaleidoscope We have always learned a great deal from observing our animal friends. Soren Kierkegaard had his parable of the geese. Hans Christian Anderson shared his story of the “Ugliest Duckling.” Of course there is Aesop and his fables of a variety of notable animals. Elizabeth Jeffries in her book, […]
Devotions for Exodus 1:8-14, 3:1-15- I Am Who I Am
I Am Who I Am Exodus 1:8-14, 3:1-15 — September 23-29, 2019 Monday-I Am Who I Am “A New King arose over Egypt” (Genesis 1:8) Heraclitus was a six century BCE Greek philosopher, who first observed that, “The only constant is change.” How right he was. Things had changed for the Israelites. The had arrived […]
Eight Reasons to Doubt
Eight Reasons to Doubt I heard a lot about hell growing up in the church, but now I have found eight reasons to doubt its existence. Hell was a constant threat. Even though a person prayed, worshiped regularly and dropped something in the offering plate, one misstep could send him or her to hell. […]
Sunday by Sunday Series Inspire
Sunday by Sunday Great books are good teachers. They might teach us about ourselves or the community in which we live. They might also teach us about different time periods, distant lands and people, or ideas and concepts. Great books challenge us to stretch our thinking, to expand our imaginations and see beyond ourselves and […]
Devotions for Genesis 32:22-30-Jacob Becomes Israel
Jacob Becomes Israel Devotions for September 9-15, 2019 Genesis 32:22-30 Monday, Jacob Becomes Israel “He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything he had” (Genesis 32:23). Ken and Lea Takemoto sat by the side of their daughter’s hospital bed. They had brought her into the ER when she complained of severe […]