Leviticus is a holiness code for a holy people, marked solely by their identification with a Holy God and loyalty to The One. Holy means peculiarly set apart, but also points to transferable principles and concepts. Each section ends… Continue reading

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego understood that there are some things far more important that safety and security. Continue reading

Photo by Evan Dennis   And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? – Luke 3:10 John got the response that he must have hoped for. It was the right response. It was the only logical response… Continue reading

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. – Luke 3:9  Once a thriving industrial plant, the factory… Continue reading

Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?  Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to… Continue reading

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. – Luke 3:5-6… Continue reading

“And he changeth the times and the seasons … “- Daniel 2:21a Life goes on. The seasons of life proceed in progression. The secular envelopes the sacred in the culture. Seasonal and holiday decorations come down; Plants and flowers start… Continue reading

  On this National Day of Prayer, I have many things on my list. I pray for a manifestation of the four qualities I find in Psalm 85:10 – Mercy, truth, righteousness, and peace. "Mercy and truth are met together;… Continue reading

Photo by Marc Schäfer When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the LORD has… Continue reading

There is no lifestyle more compelling or calling higher than to walk in the steps of s suffering servant.. We are to live graciously, truthfully, and faithfully and to expect hostility, receiving even that, as manna and honor and returning… Continue reading