Posts from July 2023

“From there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all you soul” (Deut. 4:29). In his farewell addresses of Deuteronomy, Moses reminds the people of God’s law and covenant with the fledgling nation. His sermons point to the vastness of God’s grace in adopting the nation. Moses also focuses on what God wanted in return. It was not mere obedience to a set of…

A couple of years ago, Don Lemon, a former CNN news anchor, appeared on The View, a daytime talk show. The interview welcomed Lemon into an arena of adoring fans where they discussed his book on race relations and his thoughts about the Catholic Church not blessing same sex marriage since he is a practicing homosexual married to another man. Lemon’s foray into theology revealed both his arrogance and ignorance to a degree seldom seen before. Lemon crossed the line…

It’s a morbid rendition of a Top Ten list, an accounting of the world’s greatest fears: public speaking, death, spiders, darkness, heights, social situations, flying, open spaces, thunder, and confined spaces. Michael Klepper got it right in the title of his book I’d Rather Die Than Give a Speech. Public speaking edged out dying as the world’s greatest phobia…but only slightly. Why is dying one of the worst fears? Some people fear the unknown and they want to know what…

Often in God’s warnings against national Israel there are promises of hope, visions of peace and restoration. In Isaiah 34, God pronounced judgment on the nations and outlined their destruction with fury and rage. However, he followed that with a picture of salvation in Isaiah 35. Isaiah described the approaching prosperity. The desert, wilderness, and dry land would sprout blossoms. Lebanon, Carmel, and Sharon, known for their beauty, would share that beauty with the desert (35:1-2). Waters would fill the…