Today's Reading: Deuteronomy 13 & 14

 

The Mystery of Tithing

A funny thing happens when you start talking about money to another Christian. Most people start to get uncomfortable. Money – and in particular tithing – is one of those things that most people...

Today's Reading: Deuteronomy 12

 

Rejoice!

The Bible repeatedly calls upon us to be a people who “rejoice” in the LORD.  “Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous; befitting is the praise of the upright.” (Psalm 33:1) “Yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of...

Today's Reading: Deuteronomy 11

 

Teach Your Child the Word

One of the most sobering and weighty commands in Scripture is God’s demand that parents teach their children His word.  It is sobering because the task is so big.  It is weighty because our child’s eternal life depends upon it.

Most parents are very aware that a “good parent” is someone who...

Today's Reading: Deuteronomy 10

 

Love for Foreigners

How do you feel about refugees and immigrants?  Are you frustrated with them?  Or hateful toward them?  Or do you love – really love – them?  Moses has been reciting the history of the nation’s deliverance from slavery and...

Today's Reading - Deuteronomy 9

 

A Stubborn People

Just like you and me, Israel was a stubborn people who did not deserve any of God’s blessings.

God made a covenant with Israel and the people affirmed their desire to keep it, but failed repeatedly to do so.  At Sinai, the people promised to keep the commandments of the LORD, but...

Today's Reading: Deuteronomy 7 & 8

Blessed With Wealth

An often misunderstood principle in Scripture is that of the wealth of the believer.  Tragically, some influential pastors and leaders have promoted a “health and wealth” gospel.  They teach their unsuspecting listeners that it is their divine “right” as followers of Christ to...

Today's Reading: Deuteronomy 6

 

The LORD our God is One

Today’s verse is known as the “Shema Yisrael” or simply as “Shema.”  It is one of the most astounding verses in the entire Bible because it declares the exclusiveness of God to the entire world.  There is only one God and His name is “Yahweh.”  And because He is...