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 …
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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 …
Eliphaz had the wrong answer
Eliphaz and Job’s eighth speech: Job 22–25 Eliphaz had no way of knowing that there was an unexpected answer to his …
Satan causes calamity to curse God
Job’s losses and his first response: Job 1–3 Satan is known as the accuser of the brethren. His aim is to have …
A boundary stone set at Mizpah in Gilead
Jacob’s time with Laban: Genesis 30–31 Boundaries can be set centuries before they’re seen on the ground, or even longer. Laban …
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 …
The greatness of God vs our sinfulness
Moses’ sings a warning to Israel, and a prayer: Deuteronomy 31–32; Psalm 90 You’ll notice I’ve linked to a the …
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 …
