Jun 13, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
The Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments, and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to...
Jun 12, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is the day that our Jewish friends celebrate the festival known, in Hebrew, as Shavuot, or the Feast of Weeks. Most people in the western world refer to it as Pentecost because, in Greek, it is known as Pentecostus or “fiftieth” referring to the fiftieth day...
Jun 12, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
So you shall rejoice in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and your house, you and the Levite and the stranger who is among you. (Deuteronomy 26:11) Have you ever wondered why Paul felt it necessary to say that God loves a “cheerful giver”? It...
Jun 11, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to tradition, it was on this day that Reuben brought mandrakes to his mother, Leah. It’s recorded in Genesis 30: “Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then...
Jun 11, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. (Deuteronomy 26:8) In keeping with the theme developed in the previous devotions, in this verse Moses reminds us of what God did that...
Jun 10, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to tradition, it was on this day that Moses began to write the first part of the Torah, everything from the creation account until the revelation at Mt Sinai. If that is true, that’s a lot of writing to do in just a matter of a few days, not to mention the...
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