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February 18
Day 251: Signs That May Not Be Signs At All The story of the walls of Jericho falling down may have ended up as a coloring page for Sunday School kids. The story in the next chapter did not, at least as I can remember. God made the walls of Jericho fall down. God then […]
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 […]