Deuteronomy 9:10

One of the great difficulties for many to get beyond is the posture of viewing God as against us, accusing us, waiting in eager anticipation for our next stumble. God is viewed as endlessly shoving his finger in our faces, expressing his disappointment in (if not anger toward) how poorly we measure up. It is……

The Lord rules over everything with a cemented history of displaying great power, signs, and wonders among his people and other nations. The finger of God…

The Lord rules over everything with a cemented history of displaying great power, signs, and wonders among his people and other nations. The finger of God…

1 Timothy 3:15 uses three phrases to describe the New Testament church: we are “the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.” On Sunday we explored the “pillar and buttress” metaphor in some detail. What we didn’t explore—quite as much—is the rich Old Testament…

"Scripture was not dictated by God but rather written by men." — UMC pastor Blaspheme: to Speak Irreverently and the Unpardonable Sin…

In my study of the Deuteronomic concern for the status of women in Israelite society, I will discuss a few of the laws enacted in the book of Deuteronomy that seek to improve the legal rights of wo……

“Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven.” – Jesus (Mark 3:29) “The Unpardonable Sin—to blaspheme: to speak irreverently and with disrespect, disdain . . . to be impolite, flippant or show contempt for the Holy Spirit of God and Jesus.” One day the Son entered a house and so many gathered ’round […]…

Did God really write the Bible? Yes … yes he did. Here is what happened. “When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave Moses the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.” Deuteronomy 9:10 So God wrote the first set of commands. […]…

The Ten Commandments represent a fundamental set of divine laws that God gave to Israel through Moses on Mount Sinai. Known in Hebrew as the “Ten Words” and in Greek as the “Decalogue,” these comma……

The Ten Commandments represent a fundamental set of divine laws that God gave to Israel through Moses on Mount Sinai. Known in Hebrew as the “Ten Words” and in Greek as the “Decalogue,” these comma……