As I read today’s Bible reading* I saw God giving His covenant people two very clear choices. He describes in depth all of the blessings if His people will only love and follow Him with all of their hearts. The blessings Moses describes are incredible. It seems that the people — if they will only…
I recently told someone that our plans were “etched in ice”. In other words, the plans were very tentative and everything was subject to change. That’s a far cry from today’s Bible reading* where Moses and the Elders command the people after they cross the Jordan River into the Promised Land to build a stone…
Today’s Bible reading* includes a clear case for the Bible being against slavery. It has bothered me for a long time that the Bible accepts the reality of slavery in its historical context and doesn’t seem to condemn slavery or advocate for abolition. And then I read today’s readings. Deuteronomy 22:1-3 commands returning to a…
Today’s Bible reading* includes one of the most misused passages in the Bible, “… life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot. Deuteronomy 19:21 (CSB) Are we to take that at face value, or is there more involved? Anytime someone quotes the Bible to justify something that…
Today’s Bible reading* warns God’s people to be discerning about those who present themselves with signs and wonders. If they entice God’s people to leave God to follow anyone/anything else, they are to be stoned to death. (Deuteronomy 13:1-5) This sounds pretty radical, doesn’t it? It sounds judgmental, doesn’t it? Well, the warning isn’t about…
As I read the chapters in today’s Bible reading* I asked myself, “Why is Moses repeating the same things over and over again? Haven’t these people heard this before?” And then it dawned on me! No, they hadn’t! The reason Moses is going over the story again is because his hearers weren’t alive when God…
