Do you fully understand the power and influence of the people you spend time with? Do you grasp how easy it is to be led down the wrong path? In Numbers 11-14, we are given several examples of the power of influence. These stores should cause us to evaluate who we spend time with and …
Category: Counter-Culture
The Effects Of Sin
Random topic today. Not every day (because I’d be depressed), but sometimes I take time to read through headlines and articles on various news websites. I ran across this gem today on the Asheville Citizen-Times website, concerning the first case of Monkeypox reported in Buncombe County. Of course, there’s a vaccine out for it. It …
An Offering By Fire For A Soothing Aroma
Today I began reading through Leviticus, one of the more difficult books in scripture for us to read as New Testament, Gentile believers. The original purpose of this book as given to the children of Israel was to provide the exact details surrounding all the sacrifices God required of them. You see, God had promised …
Choices
I think Lot is one of the more interesting characters in the Old Testament. He certainly lived an unusual life. When his father, Haran, died, his grandfather, Terah, stepped in and became a surrogate father. In this way, he was taken out of the land of his birth, Ur, and traveled with his grandfather and …
Cain & Abel
For the next six months, I’m reading straight through the Old Testament. Since it’s a bit longer than the New Testament, it requires reading bigger chunks of scripture each day. We will move through it pretty quickly, reading anywhere from 6-8 chapters a day. I’m not attempting an overview but just letting God’s Word speak. …