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The Boring Details of Dividing the Land Joshua 15-22 These eight chapters are prone to be laborious reading, because they resemble a surveyor’s report in delineating property boundaries. We read these chapters because they are the Word of God, and we realize that “all scripture” is inspired and profitable (2 Tim. 3:15-16). Therefore, we dare…
Joshua 5:9 – Removing the Influence of the World “And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you…“ The children of Israel have finally made it into the Land of Promise! For forty years they had wandered through the wilderness, because of the disobedience of their fathers. For…
Text: Deuteronomy 34 Recently, I have just concluding another reading of the Pentateuch (Genesis-Deuteronomy). As I read and meditated my way through the pages of the Scriptures, there have been many thoughts and insights that I have gleaned. Genesis tells the story of the beginnings of the human race and the Hebrew race. In the…
Text: Genesis 29:31-35 “…the LORD saw that Leah was hated…” (v.31). “…Because the LORD saw that I was hated…” (v.33). In this portion of the text, we find an interesting contrast. Jacob now has two wives. The first, Leah, became his by the deceit of Laban (Gen. 29:19-25). Jacob had desired Rachel to be…
How sad it is when professing believers are contact with simply being saved, and satisfied with barrenness. They do not long for the presence of God to made real to them. They do not hunger for the blessings of God. Therefore, they remain fruitless. There is hardly any evidence of spiritual life. These are the ones who most need revival, but the are also the ones who spurn it when it comes.
In our modern culture, manliness is viewed as a lesser trait. In a day when the male gender has been encouraged to “get in touch with your feminine side,” the Scriptures know of no such side to the male. In a day when gender distinctions have been been declared politically incorrect, the Scriptures remind us often that manliness should be a desired achievement for all males.
they despaired of that which was their provision. They spent their time complaining about what they did not have, instead of being grateful for what they did have.
These men are ordinary and common when the Master calls them. These are not young recruits who have just graduated high school. These are all men who are seasoned adults. They have already established their careers for earning incomes.
Too many pulpits have been replaced with counselor’s stools and motivational lecterns. The “message from God” has been replaced with “thought for the week.” Expositional preaching has been replaced with a topic of the day.
I am fed up to my tonsils with pompous peacocks on stages parading as crude, foul-mouthed miscreants,
