Today’s Word
A Question of the Tithe
This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary . . . half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD. Exodus 30:13 Who Is Numbered – Very few Christians tithe. I don’t suppose that surprises you. Something less than 6 percent of evangelicals and…
Possessive Thinking
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field or his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor. Deuteronomy 5:21 Covet – We are certainly familiar with this commandment. Since there is a separate commandment concerning…
Divinely Frustrated
clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. 1 Peter 5:5 Is Opposed – Look around you. Does it seem to you that God opposes the proud? That certainly doesn’t appear to be the case, does it? Everywhere we see arrogance, hubris and…
The Way
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants Deuteronomy 30:19 Choose Life – What would you choose – life and the blessing, or death and the…
Give and Take
Otherwise, you may say in your heart, “My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.” Deuteronomy 8:17 My Power – It’s the name of the game in this life. Power. My power. If you’re going to win in this world, you better take all you can get. So goes the thinking…
Assumed Abundance
And He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of possessions.” Luke 12:15 Abundance – Did you notice the assumption implied in Jesus’ statement? It’s in the first part of this phrase – “not even when.” …
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