NUMBERS 1:1–46I recently went to a large online bookstore to see if I could find a book entitled The Joy of Accounting. I didn’t find it. I found The Joy of Cooking, The Joy of Photography, even The J...  Read More

NUMBERS 1:1Sports come in many different levels of complexity. At the simplest level, some sports are easily understood by everyone. What is complex about the 100 meter dash? Someone shoots a gun, the...  Read More

Leviticus 5:14–6:7Main Idea: When we sin, we are guilty of violating our relationship with God, breaking His commands, and hurting other people; but when we realize our sin, repent, and receive God’s ...  Read More

Leviticus 5:1–13Main Idea: When we commit sin, we are guilty before God, but when we confess and seek His forgiveness, He provides atonement for our sin and forgives us.I. Transgressing God’s Law Is S...  Read More

Leviticus 4:1–35Main Idea: All people sin, but through the old covenant sacrificial system and now through Jesus who fulfilled that system, God frees people from past sin and forgives people of presen...  Read More

Leviticus 3:1–17Main Idea: Our sin separates us from God, but God offers us fellowship with Him, and we experience that fellowship according to His Word and through Jesus.I. We See the Need for Reconc...  Read More

Leviticus 2:1–16Main Idea: The God we worship is the Lord of all and the provider of all good things, so we offer our best gifts to Him and live pure lives to express our gratitude and worship.I. We E...  Read More

Leviticus 1:1–17Main Idea: God’s holiness requires atonement for sin before we can be in His presence, and He graciously provides the means for atonement.I. God Speaks His Truth to Us.II. God Invites ...  Read More

As we commence our journey into the life of Moses, we learn that at the time of his birth the Israelites were in a “Philadelphia” of sorts (or perhaps it would be better to say they were in an “Egypt”...  Read More

“Does the rain have a father?Who sires the drops of dew?From whose womb comes the ice?” (38:28-29)Much of the Lord’s first discourse to Job concerns the weather or, to use an earthier term, the elemen...  Read More

“Have you ever given orders to the morning,or shown the dawn its place?” (38:12)The Lord’s answer to Job assumes something of the form of a three-ring circus. “And now, for My next act . . .” he annou...  Read More

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? . . .Who laid its cornerstone,while the morning stars sang togetherand all the angels shouted for joy?” (38:4, 6-7)The Lord begins His cross-examina...  Read More