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We know we have rebelled and have denied the LORD. We have turned our backs on our God. We know how unfair and oppressive we have been, carefully planning our deceitful lies.              Isaiah 59:13 NLT “…God, who ‘requires truth in the inward parts” hates all hypocrisy, falsehood, and deceit.”[1] This statement gets at the heartContinue reading “Lies”

For I hatedivorce, says the LORD, the God of Israel, and covering one’s garment with violence, says the LORD of hosts. So take heed to yourselves and do not be faithless.                    Malachi 2:16 NRS In our previous pieces about this subject on the basis of Malachi 2:15-16, we have pointed out two reasons why YahwehContinue reading “Divorce 3”

14You cry out, “Why doesn’t the LORD accept my worship?” I’ll tell you why! Because the LORD witnessed the vows you and your wife made when you were young. But you have been unfaithful to her, though she remained your faithful partner, the wife of your marriage vows. 15Didn’t the LORD make you one withContinue reading “Divorce 2”

…because the LORD was a witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did not one God make her?Both flesh and spirit are his.  And what does the one Goddesire? Godly offspring. So look to yourselves, and doContinue reading “Divorce 1”

And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said: “O LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the wordsContinue reading “That They May Know”

How Close? How blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD. How blessed are those who observe his testimonies, who seek him with all theirheart. Psalm 119:1-2 NAS In my years of ministry I have often been asked, although not always in these exact words, “as a Christian,Continue reading “How Close?”

My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end. Psalm 119:112 NIV Someone says, “Suppose your Christian faith is a delusion. Suppose you close your eyes for the last time and that’s all there is. Think of all you will have missed because you stuck to all those stupid rules.” Missed? Yes,Continue reading “Missed Chances”

“O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this, your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was bcupbearer to the king.                                             Nehemiah 1:11 ESV            Continue reading “A Leader’s Prayer”

The Apostle John tells us that there are three great lies about life, and three great corresponding truths. Lie #1 You’ve been a good person (or at least better than most other people) and you don’t need Jesus Christ to come into your life with forgiveness. 1 John 1:10 Lie # 2 You can beContinue reading “Lies and Truths”

One hears a good deal about values these days. But the emphasis is quite regularly on “my values” or “your values” or “their values.” That is, each of us chooses what is important to us, and whatever each of us chooses is just as significant and “valuable” as what anyone else might choose. That is,Continue reading “Values”