Pastor’s Blog

FEED, EXERCISE AND TRAIN YOUR SPIRITUAL MEMORY; THE ONE WHO CAUSED JESUS TO MARVEL. DON’T FORGET THE PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S GRACE The opening speech of Moses concludes with the injunction to remember the privileges of God’s grace in their history. God had pledged Himself...

For thirty-eight years, God’s people went around in circles.  This was not due to them getting lost or losing their sense of direction. They knew where they were. They were under Divine Discipline.  They were learning the importance of submission to the revealed will...

REVIEWING THE PAST AND MOVING INTO THE FUTURE; THE BOOK OF NUMBERS and DEUTERONOMY; JESUS AND THE SABBATH  Today we will finish reading the Book of Numbers and begin the Book of Deuteronomy! We have read four of the five books of Moses (The Pentateuch). When we have...

THE CALL FOR THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN; THE CITIES OF REFUGE; JESUS HEALS SINNERS AND CALLS THEM TO DISCIPLESHIP OLD TESTAMENT READING- Numbers 33:40- 35:34  THE CHALLENGE TO REMOVE IDOLATRY IN THE PROMISED LAND BEYOND THE JORDAN Nine further campsites are listed from...

SETTLING FOR LESS THAN WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED.  NUMBERS 32- HAVE YOU SETTLED FOR LESS? THE TRANSJORDAN COMPROMISE  In Numbers 32, the Reubenites and Gadites settled for less than what God promised. All twelve tribes had traveled with the goal of settling in the...

READING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: Numbers 28:16-29:40. It is good to remember whenever we gather as believers that worship is for the Lord. The important issue is not whether worship is ‘your style’ but that it is ‘His style’. It is not as much about ‘your experience’ as...

TODAY’S READING- THE BOOK OF NUMBERS- EVERY NAME COUNTS; NEW TESTAMENT- JESUS AT 12 Today our reading in the Old Testament begins with Numbers 26. Another list of names— How boring! Or so we might think. But this is not the case. An entire generation perished during...

PART 2- WHY BALAAM WAS A FALSE PROPHET EVEN THOUGH HIS FOUR PROPHECIES WERE TRUE; THE NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTMAS STORY.  In yesterday’s reading, we saw how Balaam was a savvy religious professional.  He had gained a wide reputation among the people of the Middle East and...

PART ONE- WHY BALAAM WAS A FALSE PROPHET EVEN THOUGH HIS FOUR PROPHECIES WERE TRUE; SONGS IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE  OLD TESTAMENT READING: NUMBERS 22:21-23:30  Balaam had been known as a broker of blessings and curses. Like many ‘career occultists’, he received bids from...