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Live long and prosper: what that actually means to me
Yesterday we talked about obeying God but what does that look like in practice? Let’s start with a recap of the ten commandments [with my liberal and practical application in square brackets!], just like...
It’s complicated. Not.
Obedience. None of us are very good at that, are we? It seems to be an intrinsic part of human nature to not want to do what we are told to do. That’s the...
The hopes and fears of all the years……
Yesterday we looked at the power of fear and I left you with this promise – And tomorrow, we’ll see if God can make any difference. Let’s start with the Israelites. What difference did...
A FEAR perspective
It looks like this book is going to be all about the words spoken by Moses to the people before his death. He’s getting his affairs in order. He’s making sure everyone understands the...
Choose life!
Welcome to a new year and a new month and a new book of the Bible. What better way to enter into 2015 than with this verse from the Book of Deuteronomy – This...
Making wise divisions….
Now that the boundaries of the Promised Land have been established, it is time to assign the land fairly and appropriately to the remaining nine and a half tribes of Israel (the other two...
Boundaries
The Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries: Your southern...
Do you believe life’s a journey?
“Do you believe life’s a journey? I do. I have been on the journey of life a good few years now.” I can’t quite remember why my friend Chris learnt this drama, but we...
I’m predicting emotional carnage…….
So it appears that Moses has one more thing to do before he can call it a day – “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to...