Still looking into God’s Ten Words (Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 10:4) to His people, we continue to understand what to means to live as God’s people toward those around us. Read […]
Hosea, Lesson 6: The Lord’s Love for Israel
October 23, 2013 by
God and Hosea have both, almost exhaustively, called Israel to repent. But Israel’s response has been only outward at best with still an unchanged heart. And so, both God and […]
Dealing with Life and Death in a Fallen, Uncertain World
October 23, 2013 by
This is our pastor’s newsletter article for SOTHLC’s November, 2013 newsletter. Last month, Sheri and I took our 21 year old dog, Samson, to the vet to be put to […]
Genesis, Chapters 1-2: To Renew Us, Jesus Becomes One of Us
October 21, 2013 by
If we were to view human history in broad, sweeping strokes, we would find a long-simmering war between the religion of mother earth and the religion of Father God. And […]
Hosea, Lesson 5: Reaping the Whirlwind
October 16, 2013 by
We have learned that Israel half-heartedly repented. The repentance was not real repentance but only of outward show—and even the outward show of repentance was not convincing. And so the […]
Matthew 22:1-14: The King’s Feast For You
October 16, 2013 by
Today, we no longer know what true feasting entails. For few of us ever go hungry and, for many of us, we overeat more than we should. We see such […]
Exodus, Lesson 13: God Words as It Relates to Others
October 12, 2013 by
Still looking into God’s Ten Words (Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 10:4) to His people, we continue to understand what to means to live as God’s people toward those around us. Read […]
Hosea, Lesson 4: Unfaithful Kings, Unfaithful People
October 12, 2013 by
In the last lesson, we made our way through Hosea chapter 5. Through poetry, Hosea described what would happen to the Northern Kingdom if they did not “return to [God’s] […]
Genesis 28:10-17: Jesus is the Stairway to Heaven
October 7, 2013 by
While we were preoccupied with other events of life, the Lord of the universe came down the backstairs. That happened 2,000 years ago when Jesus was born. Like coming down […]
Exodus, Lesson 12: God Words to His People
October 3, 2013 by
After the people of Israel agreed to do all that God had spoken, God gave to Moses His Ten Words. We went through God’s first word, which declared who He […]
