February 2021
February 17
Day 250: Get Your Feet Wet After a long stretch of laws and duties, covenant promises of blessing or curse, the Book of Deuteronomy ends. Just like it's somewhat parallel cousin, Leviticus ended. What it looks like to live IN God's will. Then comes the Book of Joshua. The how-to-move-forward-in-life-based-on-what-you've-heard book. (Spellcheck didn't like that […]
February 16
Day 249: The One Who Holds Fast to Me (Facebook is apparently having a bad day. Or maybe Facebook has cursed me, as an enemy of the state. This is now my third attempt to write this blog post this morning. The previous attempts have been suddenly vaporized. I am now writing this with some […]
February 15
Day 248: We Have the Family Name Before Moses cuts the Israelites loose, before he goes to die, he lays out, again, the covenant benefits of loyalty and obedience to God. Conversely, he also lays out the curses that will come with an absence of both. Chapters 28-29 are, sadly, a prediction; not of how […]
February 14
Day 247: Above All Nations In Deuteronomy 24, Moses begins to wind up his very long sermon. He's intended on reminding the people that they are God's people. They will be God's people living in a land God is giving them. They are to live like God's people. In so doing, God promises them that […]