I first considered waiting until next week to write about this, but most receive the bulletin via email on the Friday before the Sunday it is available in the Foyer.  This would be mean that most would get a one day’s reminder of the work day and others would only receive it after the event.  As you make your plans for next…

The Bible uses the word “leaven” twenty-four times. It is used in the Old Testament eleven times. Five of these times it gives instruction about the observance of the Passover (Ex. 12:15, 19; 13:7; 34:25; Deut. 16:4). Four times it is used to forbid the use of leaven with a grain offering (Lev. 2:11; 6:17; 10:12). Amos mentions it being offered with…

As the Jews entered the promised land, the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh were given permission to settle on the east side of the Jordan provided their men helped conquer all the land west of the Jordan. After many months, these soldiers returned to their families bringing great riches from the conquest. Joshua chapter twenty-two tells how…

The words of Moses about the attributes of God are filled with so many treasures. As the Jews were about to enter into the Promised Land, he assembled Israel and described the nature of the God that they served. “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with…

It was decades ago that I entered the computer world.  It was long before Windows and DOS were known. In fact, the first computer I had operated on a system known as CPM. Some might remember the complicated commands of the word processor, WordStar. I mention this to put a “time stamp” on how long the acronym GIGO has been around. Whenever…

We usually see what we are looking for. We tend to get focused on a single matter and fail to see all that is happening around us. Determined to purchase a special item in a store often makes us bypass items of even greater value. We see what we are focused on. This is what happened in John chapter four when the…

Last week, we pointed out that God does not need editors to clarify what He meant when He said what He said. Tragically, we live in a time when individuals think they have the right to read what the Bible says or to hear someone show what the Bible says and then say, “Well, I just do not believe that is the…

When Moses descended from Mount Sinai, he had two tablets of stone with words written on the front and the back of the tablets. We know those words as the Ten Commandments. They were placed in a golden container called the Ark of the Covenant. Nearly six hundred years later, Solomon brought that container into the beautiful temple he had built. There…