Message: Reading both Exodus 18 and Luke 23 really was really revealing of how much we try to view and understand God on our own terms. God was taking care of Israel in the wilderness and teaching them to obey... Continue reading →

Message: In Exodus 16 the people of Israel had just left the land of Elim, where there were the 12 springs of water and the 70 date palms. They were in the wilderness between Elim and Sanai. They were only... Continue reading →

Message: Exodus 16 seems to be the first praise and worship song documented in scripture but also probably THE longest and wordiest song I have ever seen. Sarcastic me couldn’t help but wonder how they were all able to sing... Continue reading →

Message: In Luke 20 Jesus was just minding his business teaching the people in the synagogue and “proclaiming the good news.” I thought that little detail was important because it showed he wasn’t in there starting stuff or correcting anyone.... Continue reading →

Message: When God led Israel out of the captivity of Egypt they had been enslaved for so long that they didn’t know how to live as an independent nation and they weren’t trained to defend themselves yet. In Exodus chapter... Continue reading →

Message: Luke 17 starts off talking about offenses. Jesus was warning that it is impossible to avoid offenses. We are all going to deal with it, whether we ourselves are offended, or we have offended someone else. There is a... Continue reading →

Message: A few days ago, we talked about how Pharaoh was trying to negotiate with Israel much like we try to do with sin. We seem to think we can separate parts of it out to try to hang onto... Continue reading →

Message: Luke 15 is well known to most everyone. We have heard lots about the prodigal son and even a significant  amount about the older brother, so what I have to say is not necessarily a new idea. I just... Continue reading →

 Message: In Exodus 8 Moses continues to confront Pharaoh to let Israel go and some patterns begin to change a bit. The magicians and sorcerers were able to reproduce the frogs but when Moses asked Pharaoh when he wanted the... Continue reading →

Message: In Exodus 7 Moses followed God’s exact instructions to go to Pharaoh and demand that he free his people. God prepared Moses in advance that Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and God intended to use his hardness of heart to ... Continue reading →

Message: Luke 12 reminds me that although we live here on this earth and we are building and making plans, this is not where our treasure should be. Our treasure is in eternity and just like we work here on... Continue reading →

Message: Ok Exodus 5 got me today and it got me good! When Moses began confronting Pharaoh things got real tough for Israel. A couple of Israelites went to Pharaoh and tried to pitch their complaints and it didn’t go... Continue reading →

Message: There is SO much to glean from Luke 10, but being the busy body that I am, I was particularly drawn to that very last 5 verses about Mary and Martha. It’s a common story where Mary is praised... Continue reading →

Message: The verse that spoke to me the strongest today was Luke 9:44-45. Jesus was telling his disciples that he was going to be betrayed into the hands of sinners. He actually told them to “let these words sink in”... Continue reading →

Message: What caught my attention today was in Luke 8 when the disciples asked Jesus what the parable of the sower meant. Jesus told them that the secrets of the kingdom of God were for them to know, but parables... Continue reading →

Message: In Luke 7 what grabbed my attention was at the end of the chapter when Simon, the Pharisee invited Jesus over for dinner. A woman with a sinner’s reputation came with an alabaster jar of oil crying, anointing and... Continue reading →

Message: I got two major take-aways from Luke 6. The first is that we shouldn’t be so impressed with ourselves for being kind and merciful to kind people because even “sinners” do that. In this culture we hear a lot... Continue reading →

Message: In Luke 5 we see how Peter is not quite a disciple of Jesus yet, but Jesus wanted to teach the crowds and he asks Peter to put out his boat out a bit so he could stand on... Continue reading →

Message: Today as I was reading about the different temptations that Satan used on Jesus, I started thinking how they might be interpreted  if they were used on me. We have a tendency to examine temptation with the viewpoint of... Continue reading →