Practical Education (2)

Six days you may work and on the seventh day you shall rest.  Exodus 34:21 You Shall Rest – Labor six.  Rest one.  That’s the way God built the universe.  You can go along with the design or you can try to fight against it, but you cannot change it.  Your practical education in obedience…

Seventh Inning Stretch

For they have refreshed my spirit and yours.  Therefore, acknowledge such men. 1 Corinthians 16:18 Refreshed – Are there people in your life who refresh you?  When you are exhausted, discouraged or disappointed, is there someone whose voice lifts your spirits?  Do you value these wonderful people as a blessing from God? The impact of…

Chain Mail

Honor your father and your mother Deuteronomy 5:16 Honor – God never does anything without a purpose.  When it comes to the world of human beings, all of God’s actions have redemptive purposes.  So, honoring your parents is not just about respect.  It’s not just the “Yes, sir,” “No, ma’m” attitude.  There are critical redemptive…

A Creative Act

and you shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day. Deuteronomy 5:15 Sabbath – God’s command concerning the sabbath has…

Personal and Practical

and you shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day. Deuteronomy 5:15 Remember – Most Christians think that God instituted…

Out of the Ordinary

Observe the sabbath day to keep it holy Deuteronomy 5:12 Holy – Go fishing!  Is that what you think of when you hear the words, “keep it holy?”  Or are you immediately convicted, bringing to mind the classic image of someone spending the day is mediation, prayer and Scripture reading, seated on a hard wooden…

Theology of the Ditch

“What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it an lift it out?” Matthew 12:11 Pit – Jesus gave us the proper perspective on theology when he asked the Pharisees about the fate of an animal that…