12/16/2021 0 Comments Nahum--Pronouncing God's VengeanceNahum, the only person with that name in the Old Testament, prophesied against the nation of Assyria particularly against its capital city Nineveh—located about 220 miles north of modern Baghdad in Iraq.[1] But unlike when Jonah brought God’s warnings against Nineveh and the city repented, Nahum’s audience was proud and perversely wicked—completely unwilling to listen to God and therefore destined to experience His wrath.
[1] Information about Nineveh, Assyria, and Nahum are taken from HCSB Study Bible, 2010, pp. 1537,1538. 8/28/2021 0 Comments WitheringThe Hebrew word navel, basically means wither or lose heart. It is used twenty times in the Old Testament. The word describes Moses in Exodus 18:18—warned about wearing out from trying to judge the people alone. Eleven times it refers to plants dying. Isaiah uses it to show people withering from sin (Isaiah 64:6). When you think of the condition of the world right now does it feel like it is withering? Such a thought should not be surprising for God warned us that this would happen.
4/14/2021 0 Comments DegradedWhen the leaders of the military set as their highest priority rooting out right-wing extremists and ensuring transgender Americans can serve in the force we can be sure that our readiness is woefully compromised.
3/22/2021 0 Comments BaalHonesty requires the truthfulness to admit the attachment and addictions that control our attention, dominate our consciousness, and function as false gods . . . When we give anything more priority than we give to God, we commit idolatry. Thus we all commit idolatry countless times every day.—Brennan Manning in The Ragamuffin Gospel
9/2/2020 0 Comments Two Sides of BelongingImagine authorities breaking into your home in the middle of the day and hauling you off to jail because you “belonged to the church.” James, one of the twelve disciples was killed precisely for that reason.
7/18/2020 0 Comments Self-DependentPride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.—C.S. Lewis in Christian Behaviour
5/30/2020 0 Comments JudgesIsrael experienced the death of their famous leader Joshua still facing the enormous task of conquering Canaan. The book of Judges follows up where the book of Joshua left off, with the challenge of expelling wicked nations in territory God assigned for His people in a period that spans three centuries.
3/31/2020 0 Comments NumbersNumbers is a great lesson about one generation learning from the sins of their parents. It glorifies God’s faithful love to an unfaithful people. It reminds us why obedience matters.
6/7/2019 0 Comments HailHail is mentioned 36 times in the Bible . . . Hail has multiple meanings--falling ice, a greeting, a link to a place . . . Hail is a notice to pray.
4/2/2019 0 Comments Living an Honorable LifeThe Denver West Point Society hosted its first Leadership and Ethics Conference for high school juniors in Colorado. It was entitled “Living an Honorable Life.”
3/26/2019 0 Comments FrustrationHave you ever been frustrated by something that should work and doesn't?
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