We love our golden calves. As soon as Moses leaves his people for some alone time with God, the people turn away to other gods. Yahweh, who freed them from generations of slavery, who performed miracle after miracle in their sight, who passed over their houses yet struck dead the firstborn of their enemies, who guided them with a pillar of fire and cloud, who parted the Red Sea, was forgotten after a month. And […]
It’s always fascinating to find Jesus and the gospel stories in the Old Testament. Today, we get a huge reference to Him as we learn about the dedication of the temple. Throughout His ministry, Jesus was always comparing Himself to the temple. For the Jews, the Temple was where God dwelt. Sure, He was omnipresent, but the place where they could go and be in His presence, in fact were commanded to annually, was at […]
It’s always fascinating to find Jesus and the gospel stories in the Old Testament. Today, we get a huge reference to Him as we learn about the dedication of the temple. Throughout His ministry, Jesus was always comparing Himself to the temple. For the Jews, the Temple was where God dwelt. Sure, He was omnipresent, but the place where they could go and be in His presence, in fact were commanded to annually, was at […]
How do you make the hard decisions? Easy decisions are easy to make because if you get them wrong, they generally don’t matter much. But the real big ones? Who to marry, what career to choose, where to live, whether to have another child or not… these decisions vastly change your future. With large decisions looming, we turn to prayer. We turn to godly people for advice and wisdom. Maybe we turn to a pastor […]
How do you make the hard decisions? Easy decisions are easy to make because if you get them wrong, they generally don’t matter much. But the real big ones? Who to marry, what career to choose, where to live, whether to have another child or not… these decisions vastly change your future. With large decisions looming, we turn to prayer. We turn to godly people for advice and wisdom. Maybe we turn to a pastor […]