Daily Bread — Monday, July 22, 2024
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you. (Deuteronomy 32:7) In this verse God encouraged the people to look to those who came before, and in a sense, to consult...
15 Tammuz — Why Bad Things Happen to Good People
According to tradition, it was on this day that Hur, the son of Miriam, died in defense of the faith against those who wanted to build a Golden Calf. This was the same Hur who, along with Aaron, held the hands of Moses in the battle against Amalek. This...
Daily Bread — Sunday, July 21, 2024
Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you? (Deuteronomy 32:6) The preface for this verse speaks to the fact that Israel, though called to be a holy people, very often corrupted themselves thus prompting the LORD to ask, more or...
14 Tammuz — They Gave Their All
On this day in 1776, a Jewish plantation owner from South Carolina named Francis Salvador, was killed in a skirmish with British regulars. The reason this is noteworthy is because it’s believed that Salvador was the first Jewish patriot killed in the American...
Daily Bread — Saturday, July 20, 2024
Ascribe greatness to our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect. For all His ways are justice, a God of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He. (Deuteronomy 32:3-4) In the course of this song, we are reminded nine different times that our God is...
13 Tammuz — Unless The LORD Builds The House
It was on this day, in 1906, that the Home Construction Company organized and began to build homes outside of ancient Jaffa. Over time this area would become known as the city of Tel Aviv. In Hebrew, Tel Aviv means the “hill” or “mound of spring.” We could shorten it...
Daily Bread — Friday, July 19, 2024
Let my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, as raindrops on the tender herb, and as showers on the grass. (Deuteronomy 32:2) We must remember that it was the LORD who gave Moses the words to this song, and so, that the wording strikes a poetic tone...
12 Tammuz — Are You Spirit Filled?
Since we were speaking of events in Acts 2, yesterday, let’s follow it up with another related thought: what does it mean to be Spirit-filled? Growing up in a Pentecostal church, I thought that being Spirit-filled was all about speaking in tongues and being...
Daily Bread — Thursday, July 18, 2024
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. (Deuteronomy 32:1) Thus begins the song of which Moses spoke of in the preceding chapter. As I have already mentioned, it is a song that summarizes Israel's history from Egypt to the...
11 Tammuz — Speak Their Language
Have you ever been around somebody who was having a conversation in a language you didn’t understand? As they talked, laughed and enjoyed one another's company, did it make you feel uncomfortable? Did you wish you could understand what they were saying, especially to...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there as a witness to you. (Deuteronomy 31:26) When Moses had finished writing all the words of the Torah, he took the book to the Levites with the instruction to...
10 Tammuz — Are We Willing To Walk Through The Fire?
It was on this day in 586 B.C. that the king of Judah was overtaken and captured by the Babylonians on the plain in Jericho (Jeremiah 36:4-5). Looking at this from the perspective of the Jewish people, the impossible had happened. Their once great nation and...