Daily Thoughts From God's Word

Years ago, Francis Schaeffer wrote How Should We Then Live?  The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture.  How are we to live?  A...

Recently, at Baxter, we ordained two pastors and two deacons to their respective ministries.  This is not a new idea, and it certainly is...

Old Testament scholars distinguish between “apodictic” law (absolutes, always in effect) and “casuistic” law (case law).  The Ten...

Leviticus begins, “The Lord called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting” (1:1).  In pulling up Leviticus on my computer screen...

Instructions have been given.  Materials have been collected.  Offerings have been made.  Workers have been enlisted.  And, now, the Lord...

The work on the tabernacle commences.  I have probably noted this matter previously; it is such an obvious takeaway from these chapters: ...

The golden calf episode is, at the same time one of the most discouraging (the idolatry!) and encouraging (that God was so merciful!) in...

Lots of instructions here regarding the priests who would serve at the tabernacle:  their garments and vestments, the manner of...

Another instance in which the Lord instructs the people and they strongly affirm their allegiance to the Lord and their commitment to...

Additional laws concerning lawsuits and justice, the treatment of strangers, the Sabbath and the Sabbatical year, and annual festivals. ...

Israel at Mt. Sinai.  The journey has been hard, and it will be harder still as they make their way to the promised land.  But, here at...

The journey from Egypt has begun:  “All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according...

And so begins Israel’s journey from Egypt to the promised land.  They were to celebrate the Passover there in Egypt and perpetually from...

The plagues continue:  diseased livestock, boils, thunder and hail, locusts, darkness, and then, the final plague, the death of the...

“Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in...