The Law is a special possession
Blessings over each of the tribes, Moses dies: Deuteronomy 33–34 All too often, people see a Law, or sometimes any …
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The choice: serve with enthusiam
Tithing, curses and blessings: Deuteronomy 26–28 Towards the end of his long speech, and the reminder of the ten commandments …
Our God the rock
Moses’ sings a warning to Israel, and a prayer: Deuteronomy 31–32; Psalm 90 It’s not easy to describe God. Moses …
A failed curse over Israel
Balak asks Balaam to curse Israel, blesses instead: Numbers 22–24 Israel’s start as a nation wasn’t all easy. Already the …
Joel: a central message for any time
Joel’s prophecies of future calamity for Jerusalem and later restoration: Joel 1–3 We don’t know when the prophet Joel lived. It …
Psalms: Happy are the righteous
More psalms: Psalm 1, 10, 33, 71, 91 Many of the psalms have no author attributed to them, so we have …
Moses’ last words
Blessings over each of the tribes, Moses dies: Deuteronomy 33–34 Before he died, Moses blessed each of the tribes, then …
Obedience comes from the heart
The (re)making of a covenant; Israel’s sin is foretold: Deuteronomy 29–31 With the original generation of adult Israelites now dead, …
Tithes and obedience to a holy God
Tithing, curses and blessings: Deuteronomy 26–28 Deuteronomy 26:12 Every third year you must offer a special tithe of your crops. In …
Balaam: the ‘seer’ who couldn’t curse Israel
Balak asks Balaam to curse Israel, blesses instead: Numbers 22–24 Balaam tried everything to earn his fee from Balak: pestering …
A priestly blessing
Purity in marriage and vows: Numbers 5–6 After some instructions for managing the behaviour of insanely jealous husbands (of the …
